Lot 5
  • 5

KENNETH HALL | Bird Nesting

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Kenneth Hall
  • Bird Nesting
  • signed l.r.: Hall
  • oil on canvas
  • 34 by 46cm., 13½ by 18¼in.

Provenance

Collection of Jacqueline Robinson, from whom purchased by the present owner in 1991

Condition

Original canvas. Undulates slightly in upper right corner; a craquelure pattern to the bird and small spot of paint loss in lower left corner; otherwise the work appears sound overall. Under ultraviolet light there may be some discoloured flecks of retouching to parts of the craquelure in the bird. Held in a silver wood frame.
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