Lot 5
  • 5

Robyn Denny

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • Robyn Denny
  • For Ever
  • signed, titled and dated 1965 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 213,5 by 182,5 cm.

Provenance

Kasmin Limited, London
Acquired from the above in 1965

Exhibited

Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery, Robyn Denny/John Ernest, 1966
Birmingham, City Art Gallery, 1967, temporary loan, details untraced
London, The Tate Gallery, and travelling, Recent British Painting. Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Collection, 1967, no. 52, pp. 101-102, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. Condition: Original canvas. Horizontal stretch marks + minor vertical stretch marks. Surface dirt. A vertical scratch of approx. 30 cm. along the right edge. Some small scratches along the edges. Two tiny paintlosses in the centre (as visible in the cat. ill.). Some scratches with very minor associated paint loss. Canvas is slightly buckled. No retouches visible under U.V. light
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