Lot 45
  • 45

Arthur Wardle, R.I., R.B.C.

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Arthur Wardle, R.I., R.B.C.
  • Leopards on the Lookout
  • oil on canvas
  • 40 3/8 by 30 1/4 in.
  • 102.6 by 76.8 cm

Provenance

Rowland Ward Ltd., London
Samuel Hallock DuPont, Squirrel Run, Wilmington, Delaware (acquired in London, probably from the above, in 1948)

Condition

This painting has been lined. The surface is smooth and the painting has recently been cleaned. Under UV, inpainting fluoresces in all 4 corners, as well as in spots in the dark areas of rock in the upper left, in the haunches of the foregrounded leopard, and in a 3 inch vertical line in the lower right, presumably to address a superficial scratch.
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