Lot 99
  • 99

John Bellany, R.A.

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Bellany, R.A.
  • Homage to John Banville
  • oil on canvas
  • 173 by 152.5cm., 68 by 60in.

Provenance

Solomon Gallery, Dublin

Condition

Original canvas. The work appear in good condition overall but there is a horizontal tear approx. 20cm wide near the centre of lower edge, with corresponding repair patch to the reverse. Ultraviolet light reveals retouching corresponding to the above mentioned tear. Held in a gilt wood frame.
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Catalogue Note

John Banville is an Irish novelist, probably most famous for his Man Booker Prize winning novel The Sea, 2005.