Lot 36
  • 36

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT, R.A., P.R.W.S. | Diana

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Diana
  • signed l.r.: W. RUSSELL FLINT; titled and further signed on the reverse; Diana/ W Russell Flint 
  • tempera
  • 49.5 by 65.5cm., 19½ by 25¾in.

Provenance

Frost & Reed, London;
John Chapman, Santa Barbara;
Christie's, London, 12 June 1998, lot 168;
Private Collection

Exhibited

London, Frost & Reed, William Russell Flint, 1979, no.10

Literature

A. Palmer, More than Shadows, A Biography of W. Russell Flint, 1943, p.131, illustrated pl.124

Condition

The sheet appears to be in good condition and undulates slightly. There are some spots of possible foxing in the upper left-hand quadrant. Otherwise the work is in very good overall condition. Held in a gilt frame and cream mount (dirty) and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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