Lot 160
  • 160

Maxwell Ashby Armfield, R.W.S.

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

Description

  • Maxwell Ashby Armfield, R.W.S.
  • Homage to Jean Clouet
  • Signed with the artist's monogram (lower right) and titled (upper left); signed again with the artist's monogram, dated 1947, and inscribed Arthur A. Ballard in Anterior Costume in Homage to Clouet. (on the reverse)
  • Tempera on canvasboard
  • 16 by 13 in.
  • 40.6 by 33 cm
  • Painted in 1947.

Provenance

Fine Arts Society, Ltd.
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Bournemouth, Russell Cotes Art Gallery, Exhibition of Contemporary Tempera, 1949

Condition

Tempera on board. Minor abrasions along the extreme edges. Under UV light, there are small areas of inpainting along the extreme edges as well as some areas that fluoresce very slightly, likely due to the artist's materials and methods.
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