PETER MALONE | The Garden of Eden

The Rae-Smith Gallery, London, 16 September 2003 

We are grateful to the Artist for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. The sheet has been secured to the mount with two tabs of adhesive tape at the upper edge. There are four strips of tape at the extreme edges, not visible in the present mount. There are some minor accretions to the sheet and further instances of studio matter and some light surface dirt. Subject to the above, the work appears in excellent overall condition. The work is window mounted and held behind glass in a simple wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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