16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1082
Charles Spencelayh RMS, HRBSA (1865-1958)
"Failing Memories"
Signed, with inscribed and dated 1926 label verso, oil on canvas, 49.5cm by 37.5cm
Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £15,000
Unlined. Perspex backboard. All keys present and fair tension. Light brittle age craquelure and impact cracks in a few passages, e.g. the violin. Not elevated and stable. Edge of canvas and a few very minor losses just visible at the top edge. Minor tiny scuff/loss to the chest of the sitter in the grisaille portrait. A few scattered very minor touches of overpaint, carefully applied, to places at the edges, and a few touches within the painting for example to the background top right of head of violin. (see uv images). Minor abrasion to some of the thin, dark and glaze rich passages, eg. the trouser legs and the chair with the umbrella. A little old ingrained dirt and varnish, noticable on close inspection in the face. Even, fairly matt varnish, not appreciably discoloured. White surface spots/flecks in the doorway and a little minor surface dirt.
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Nov, 2024
The Autumn British, European and Sporting Art Sale will include a sun-drenched work by British Impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp, two works by Louis H Grimshaw consigned from a private collection, and notable genre pieces by the likes of Giovanni Battista Torriglia and Charles Spencelayh.
A good offering of figural works include a male figure attributed to York-born artist William Etty, and 17th and 18th century portraits, and amongst the Sporting art are examples of the work of Robert Nightingale and Wright Barker.
The sale will go on view to the public from Sunday 10th November, alongside The Selected Contents of Bell Hall, Naburn, York, which will also offer a broad range of traditional and contemporary paintings.
Please note the following lots have been withdrawn from sale: 1080, 1086, 1093, 1094
Viewing
Sunday 10 November to Friday 15 November 11am-4pm and morning of the sale from 8am
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