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Lot 67
  • 67

Sadequain

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sadequain
  • Group of Sitting Figures
  • Signed, dated and inscribed  'GROUP OF SITTING FIGURES Painted at Karachi/ March '63/ (SADEQUAIN)' on reverse

  • Oil on canvas
  • 81.2 by 127 cm. (32 by 50 in.)

Provenance

Alain Le Gaillard, Paris

Private Collection, Brussels

Condition

Areas of paint shrinkage, white veining to background colour is intentional, small indentation lower edge left corner with associated repair not visible from the front, canvas is stable, surface dirt particularly to dark areas of thick impasto, would benefit from a light clean, colours slightly more muted in reality, in good condition overall, as viewed.
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