拍品 35
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ARCHIBALD THORBURN | Harlequin and Eider Ducks

估價
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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描述

  • Circle of Archibald Thorburn
  • Harlequin and Eider Ducks
  • signed and dated l.r.: A. Thorburn/ 1914; inscribed u.r.: Pl.50; inscribed l.l.: Harlequin duck (♂&♀); inscribed l.c.: King-Eider. (♂&♀); inscribed l.r.: Eider duck. (♂&♀)
  • watercolour with bodycolour
  • 48 by 38cm., 19 by 15in.

來源

With Tryon Gallery, London, circa 1960s;
From whom acquired by the grandfather of the present owner

出版

Archibald Thorburn, British Birds, Longmans, Green & Co., 1915-18, pl.15

Condition

The sheet appears to be in good condition and the work is in strong colour. There is some staining to the edges of the sheet and a few minor specks of surface dirt. There is what appears to be an area of treated foxing over the inscription in the lower center. Otherwise the work appears to be in good overall condition. Please note that the work has not been examined out of the frame. The picture is held in a gilt and wood frame with a clean mount and gold trim and under glass.
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