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Lot 43
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Alfred Aaron Wolmark

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alfred Aaron Wolmark
  • Two Rabbis Reading
  • signed with monogram and dated u.r.: 05.
  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 44cm., 21¼ by 17¼in.

Provenance

Edgar Astaire Esq.;
Sotheby's London, 26 November 1997, lot 37, where bought by the present owners

Exhibited

Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Alfred Wolmark, 22 March - 13 April 1975, no.5 (as Two Rabbis Reading)

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas. There is a minor spot of paint loss near the left side of the upper edge, also very minor spots of paint loss along the lower right edge and another along the lower left where the canvas meets the frame, only visible upon close inspection. The surface may benefit from a light clean otherwise it appears in good overall condition with a rich, textured surface. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT Under UV light there appear to be no signs of retouching. FRAME Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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