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Ivon Hitchens
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Ivon Hitchens
- Lake Morning Light
- signed and dated 70; further signed, titled, inscribed and dated 1970 on a label attached to the stretcher bar
- oil on canvas
- 59 by 155cm.; 23ΒΌ by 61in.
Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner
Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner
Condition
Original canvas, there is very slight, minor undulation in the top left and right corners. There are pin holes visible in all four corners.
There is a single tiny spot of very minor, slight lifting to black pigment in the bottom left hand corner, with two further, smaller traces visible below this area and minor reticulation visible elsewhere. This excepting the work appears in very good overall condition.
Ultraviolet light reveals a couple of very minor areas fluorescence and retouching to the black pigment in the bottom left hand quadrant. These have been very sensitively executed.
Housed in a thick silver gilt frame, tightly float-mounted within a white wooden box mount.
Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'I should like to be able to put on canvas this underlying harmony which I first feel rather than see, and then extract from the facts of nature, distil and later develop according to the needs of the canvas' Ivon Hitchens quoted in Peter Khoroche, Ivon Hitchens, Andre Deutsch Limited, 1990, p. 109).