Lot 65
  • 65

PETER CURLING | Crowded Paddock, Tipperary

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Peter Curling
  • Crowded Paddock, Tipperary
  • signed l.l.: P. Curling; titled, dated and signed on the stretcher bar: CROWDED PADDOCK, TIPPERARY PT.-TO-PT., DUNDRUM 2003 Peter Curling
  • oil on canvas
  • 76 by 101.5cm., 30 by 40in.

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist in 2003

Condition

Original canvas. Minor surface abrasion through two figures in front of left hand horse, only visible upon close inspection. The work appears in very good overall condition. Under ultraviolet light there appear to be no signs of retouching. Held in an attractive gilt plaster frame.
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Catalogue Note

Louise (Peter Curling’s wife) is the central female figure in the painting.