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Lot 156
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Norah McGuinness, H.R.H.A.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Norah McGuinness, H.R.H.A.
  • In the Algarve
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 68.5cm., 20 by 27in.
  • Executed in 1961.

Provenance

Taylor Galleries, Dublin;
Private collection

Exhibited

Dublin, Taylor Galleries, 1982, no.90.

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas. There is a small spot of paint loss to the top of the left hand window of the house and another just above right of it in the roof; otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT UV light reveals some minor flecked retouchings near the left hand tree in the centre of the work and some further flecks across the upper right quadrant. Also two or three small areas along the lower edge. FRAME Held in a gilt composite frame.
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