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Denis Curry
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Denis Curry
- Kitty Fisher and the Mountain Ewe
- signed l.r: Denis Curry; also signed, titled and dated 1984 on the canvas overlap
- oil on canvas
- 63.5 by 76cm.; 25 by 30in.
Exhibited
Bristol, Pelter/Sands Art Gallery, June 1985;
London, The Mall Galleries, This Land is Our Land: Aspects of Agriculture in English Art, January 1989.
London, The Mall Galleries, This Land is Our Land: Aspects of Agriculture in English Art, January 1989.
Literature
Denis Curry, Painting Sculpture Images, 1985, illustrated;
The Sheep Farmer, May-June 1985, illustrated p.19;
Stephen Hall and Juliet Clutton-Brock, Two Hundred Years of British Farm Livestock, British Museum, London, 1989, illustrated p.127.
The Sheep Farmer, May-June 1985, illustrated p.19;
Stephen Hall and Juliet Clutton-Brock, Two Hundred Years of British Farm Livestock, British Museum, London, 1989, illustrated p.127.
Condition
Original canvas. The canvas appears sound. There is minor surface dirt visible, but this excepting the work appears in very good overall condition.
Ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching.
Housed in a thick dark wooden frame.
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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."