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Lot 48
  • 48

Charles Spencelayh

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Spencelayh
  • PORTRAIT OF MR HILTON
  • signed l.r.: C. SPENCELAYH./ 1923
  • oil on canvas
  • 76 by 64cm., 30 by 25in.

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 19 December 2001, lot 104, where bought by the present owner

Literature

Aubrey Noakes, Charles Spencelayh and his Paintings, 1978, p.149, pl.31

Condition

STRUCTURE Original canvas. There is an area of raised paint near the upper left corner, and a very small spot of paint loss near centre of right edge. There are areas of bloom on his jacket. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT UIV light reveals an opaque varnish and scattered flecks of retouching across the canvas, predominantly above the chair, above the sitter's head, above right of his left shoulder and to his jacket. FRAME Held in a gilt composite frame.
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