Lot 5
  • 5

John Boultbee

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Boultbee
  • A Grey in a Landscape
  • oil on canvas
  • 61 by 76cm., 24 by 30in.

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas in sound condition. PAINT SURFACE The paint surface is dirty with traces of craquelure. There are also patches of light bloom, lower right and traces of a stretcher marks along the upper and side borders. ULTRAVIOLET UV light reveals retouching throughout the sky, to the foreground lower right and to a minor repair, lower right. FRAME Held in a painted plaster gitl frame with some chips and paint loss.
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