Lot 104
  • 104

William John Hennessy

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • William John Hennessy
  • The Flowers of May
  • signed and dated l.l.: W HENNESSY 1885; signed and titled on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 126cm., 31¼ by 49½in.

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 11 May 2006, lot 26;
Private collection

Exhibited

London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1885, no.212

Condition

Original canvas, undulates slightly. Some signs of craquelure across the canvas, slightly dirty; otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals some flecks of retouchings to the figures. Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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