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Lot 203
  • 203

Wright Barker

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wright Barker
  • The two friends
  • signed and dated l.r.: Wright Barker 1895
  • oil on canvas
  • 61 by 114cm., 24 by 45in.

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 1 October 1986, lot 200

Exhibited

Probably London, Royal Academy, 1895, no.841.

Literature

Rhoda Koenig, ‘Top Dog’, The World of Interiors, December 1996, illustrated p.67.

Condition

Original canvas. The surface is slightly dirty and should benefit from cleaning; otherwise in good overall condition. UV light reveals no apparent signs of retouching. Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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