Lot 224
  • 224

Elisabeth Vellacott

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Elisabeth Vellacott
  • Cat Looking Out
  • signed; also signed, titled and dated 1993 on the backboard
  • pencil on paper
  • 38.5 by 41cm.; 15¼ by 16in.

Provenance

Bequeathed by the Artist to the present owner in 2002 

Exhibited

Salisbury, New Art Centre (details untraced).

Condition

The sheet is sound. The sheet is attached with tabs at the upper corners to the mounting card. The upper, lower and right edges are deckled, and the left edge is slightly unevenly cut, in keeping with the Artist's materials. The sheet is very slightly cockled in a few places. There is a very light scuff to in the upper left corner. There are some extremely faint handling marks along the upper edge, not wholly visible in the present mount. Subject to the above, the work appears to be in excellent overall condition. The work is window mounted and held within a simple wood frame under glass. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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