Harold Ancart

C L E A R I N G, New York
Private Collection, Anguilla
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

This work is in excellent condition overall. There is evidence of errant pigment at the top left and bottom right corners of the artist's frame, most likely inherent to the artist's working method. The surface texture is inherent to the artist's medium and working method. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"The paintings are large enough to slightly dwarf the viewer; at the same time, their subjects, though rendered abstract, appear to simulate things which, in nature, are small...Against black or almost-black backgrounds, these colours and the unruly shapes and fragments they fill ferment a lurid but apparently consistent realm that might be Lilliputian or giant. The disorientation caused by their abstract ruptures on a dark, non-perspectival plane breeds a near-uncanny or folkloric atmosphere." Iona Whittaker, 'Harold Ancart,' Frieze.com, 21 October 2015