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PATRICK SCOTT | Gold Painting 20

估價
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • Patrick Scott
  • Gold Painting 20
  • signed and titled on the canvas overlap
  • tempera and gold leaf on unprimed canvas
  • 122 by 122cm., 48 by 48in.

來源

The Estate of the Artist

出版

Aidan Dunne, Patrick Scott, 2008, illustrated p.109

Condition

Original canvas, slightly loose on its stretcher and could be tightened. Some minimal losses of gold leaf (usually encountered in the artist's work); otherwise it appears in good condition overall. No signs of retouching under ultraviolet light. Unframed.
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拍品資料及來源

The present work was painted in 1965, at the outset of Scott's exploration of applying gold leaf in his painting, which heralded the new direction - and now celebrated motif - of his oeuvre. It remained in Scott's collection, hanging in the living room, until his death.