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KENNETH HALL | Boats

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Kenneth Hall
  • Boats
  • signed l.l.: Hall; dated NOVEMBER 15TH 1937 and inscribed with title on the stretcher; further inscription on canvas overlap: Property of B. Rakoczi 
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.

Provenance

Basil Rakoczi;
Collection of Mrs Lucy Wertheim thence by descent to her daughter Hilary Hume (née Wertheim);
Sold on her behalf by Duncan Campbell, Kensington, where purchased by the present owner in 2001

Condition

Original canvas. Faint upper horizontal stretcher bar mark; a few minor abrasions in each corner and may benefit from a light clean; otherwise appears in good overall condition. Under ultraviolet light there appear to be a two minor retouchings near the upper right edge. Held in a green stained wood frame.
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