Lot 195
  • 195

PATRICK HUGHES | Allsorts

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Patrick Hughes
  • Allsorts
  • signed and inscribed on a label attached to the reverse
  • gloss paint on board
  • 61 by 82.5cm.; 24 by 32½in.
  • Executed circa 1960.

Provenance

Gifted by the Artist to the previous owner in the 1960s, and thence by descent

Exhibited

London, Portal Gallery, Patrick Hughes, 3rd - 29th July 1961, cat. no.7.

Condition

The board is slightly bowed towards its centre. There are nailheads at each corner. There is a small crease in the board in the extreme lower left corner. There are very minor nicks and flecks of loss to all four extreme edges. There are some inconsistencies in the green pigment. There is some reticulation in the two circular sweets at the lower edge. There are some raised areas of the board throughout, largely due to accretions in the paint, with some minor associated rubbing. There is some minor surface dirt and studio matter throughout. Subject to the above the work appears to be in very good overall condition. Inspection under ultra violet light reveals areas of retouching on the nailheads, a 1cm vertical scratch at the centre of the upper edge, and an inconsistent varnish. There are on or two spots of retouching elsewhere. The work is held within the Artist's slip frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to the Artist for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.