Lot 66
  • 66

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
  • JANUARY No. 8, 1992 (Black Mountain Series)
  • signed and dated 1992
  • gouache
  • 57 by 76cm.; 22½ by 30in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the Artist by the present owner in August 1994

Exhibited

London, William Jackson Gallery, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham at 80, A New View, April - May 1992, cat. no.27, illustrated, with tour to Royal Albert Museum, Exeter, City Art Gallery and Museums, Dundee and Wakefield Art Gallery, Wakefield.

Condition

Unexamined out of frame. The sheet appears at least partially adhered to a backing card, but not fully laid down, with deckled edges in keeping with the artist's paper. There are one or two very minor creases and nicks to the extreme edges of the sheet. There are a few small areas of craquelure to the orange pigment and the red pigment on the left, but this excepting the work appears in excellent overall condition, with strong, fresh colours throughout. Housed behind glass in a white wooden frame, float-mounted against a white backing. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Geoffrey Bertram of the Barns-Graham Charitable Trust for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.