18th Mar, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
Percy Lancaster RI, RBA, ARE, RCam A (1878-1951)
Two elegant ladies on a hill before an extensive landscape
Signed, inscribed to artist's label, with fragments of a further inscribed label verso, oil on canvas, 75cm by 61.5cm
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £400 - £600
Small patch repair to reverse of canvas (see images), presumbaly to repair tear to canvas with associated concentrated retouching to the front. Further less consistent retouching throughout sky and background. With more minor strengthening to elements of the seated figures hands, detailing shadows and definition to her face and hair, the majority of the shadowing across the standing figures face, and also her waistline. Canvas slightly loose on stretcher. Areas of varying sized stable craquelure.
Auction: British, European and Sporting Pictures, 18th Mar, 2023
Traditional Picture Sales offer a wide range of oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints from the 15th to the early 20th centuries.
The sale includes the Picture Collection from Denton Hall, Ilkley, West Yorkshire which has been part of the NG Bailey group of companies for over 40 years. NG Bailey is the UK’s leading independent engineering and services business and is owned by the Bailey family.
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