Lot 83
  • 83

HAROLD KNIGHT, R.A. | Books, Portrait of Laura Knight

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Harold Knight, R.A.
  • Books, Portrait of Laura Knight
  • signed l.l.: Harold Knight; indistinctly inscribed and dated on the reverse of the stretcher; .... + Titanium White/ 1926
  • oil on canvas
  • 41 by 31cm.,16 by 12½in.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist c.1937 by H. Earl Hoover and thence to his widow Miriam U. Hoover

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy 1928, no.510

Condition

The picture is unlined and the existing coarse-weave canvas is providing a stable structural support. There are no obvious condition issues and the picture is ready to hang although it may be brightened by a light clean. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are no signs of retouching. FRAME The picture is contained in its original wooden frame.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to R. John Croft FCA , great nephew of the artist for his assistance cataloguing this lot.