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Ivon Hitchens
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Ivon Hitchens
- The Game Keeper's Cottage No.3
- signed; further signed, titled, dated 1943 and inscribed with the Artist's address on a label attached to the stretcher
- oil on canvas
- 41 by 75cm.; 16 by 29½in.
Provenance
Piccadilly Gallery, London
Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester
Private Collection, from whom acquired by the present owner
Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester
Private Collection, from whom acquired by the present owner
Exhibited
Leeds, Temple Newsam, Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, 14th April - 3rd June 1945, cat. no.25.
Condition
Original canvas, there are a couple of tiny pressure marks visible to the bottom left hand edge.
There are fine traces of reticulation and craquelure visible to the maroon pigment on the left hand side of the composition. This excepting the work appears in very good overall condition.
Ultraviolet light reveals a small area of fluorescence and probable retouching to the left hand side of the extreme lower edge, most probably in line with an old frame abrasion. This has been very sensitively executed.
Housed in a thick gilt and painted wooden frame.
Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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"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."