Lot 537
  • 537

Mary Fedden, R.A.

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mary Fedden, R.A.
  • Etching Table
  • signed and dated 1978; also signed and titled on an Artist's label attached to the reverse
  • oil on board
  • 115 by 90cm.; 45¼ by 35½in.

Condition

Not examined out of the frame. The board is sound. There are several areas of old paint loss visible in natural light which have been sensitively repainted in part by the Artist, most particularly to the cream pigment of the mountains in the background and to the cloths in the centre. There are isolated very fine lines of craquelure to the cream pigment to the upper part of the right vertical edge and to the white pigment on the purple bottle in the lower left quadrant. There is a light layer of surface dirt and specks of studio detreitus to the work. Inspection under UV light reveals further small spots of retouching, most noticeably to the upper right quadrant and a further small area between the cloths on the table. The work is housed in a simple wooden frame. 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

'I like to develop my ideas from the imagination rather than being tied to what is in front of me. I never set up a still life to copy, but I do use and re-use objects from around the studio.' (Mary Fedden, quoted in The Artist, March 1995, p.12)