Lot 168
  • 168

Roger Hilton

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Roger Hilton
  • Gouache: 'Nude Cricket Bowler'
  • gouache and charcoal on paper
  • 25 by 20cm.; 10 by 8in.

Provenance

Waddington Galleries, London
The Earl of Gowrie
Robin Katz Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner in 2010

Condition

Unexamined out of frame. The sheet does not appear fully laid down, but is adhered to a backing support in at least all four corners. There are faint tab marks visible in the corners. There is a small crease to in the extreme upper left corner, and a slight curl to the paper. There is a smaller, tiny crease to the extreme tip of the bottom right corner. There is a minor crease to the centre of the lower edge, between the legs, and a small handling mark to the bottom extreme right edge, visible upon close inspection. Elsewhere there are minor signs of staining to the extreme edges of the sheet, but this excepting the work appears in very good overall condition. Housed behind glass in a thin dark wooden frame, float-mounted against a linen-textured mount. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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