Lot 275
  • 275

James Pryde

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • James Pryde
  • Ruined Columns
  • signed l.r.: Pryde
  • oil on canvas
  • 76 by 63cm., 30 by 25in.

Provenance

Redfern Gallery, London;
Blains Fine Art, London, circa 1994, where purchased by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Christie's, New English Art Club Centenary Exhibition, 1986, no.82;
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, James Pryde, 1992, no.41

Condition

Original canvas. There are faint, isolated areas of craquelure in the sky. A small protrusion near centre of canvas with a fleck of paint loss. The surface is slightly dirty and should benefit from a light clean, otherwise the work appears generally sound. Ultraviolet light reveals a few small areas or retouching, one near centre of the sky, otherwise mainly located about the edges. Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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