Lot 8
  • 8

KENNETH HALL | Outer Circle (Regent’s Park)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Kenneth Hall
  • Outer Circle (Regent’s Park)
  • signed l.r.: Hall; inscribed and dated on the stretcher: OUTR[sic] CIRCLE SEPTEMBER 19 1937; also inscribed on the reverse: Property of Lucy Wertheim
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.

Provenance

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, c.2002

Condition

Original canvas. A few very minor surface abrasions about the edges otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. Under ultraviolet light there appear to be no signs of retouching. Held in a silver wood frame.
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