11th Nov, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1134
Walter Ernest Webster (1877-1959)
Girl in a blue dress playing music
Signed, oil on canvas, 112.5cm by 69.5cm
With likely indistinct Christie's stencil verso
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Original canvas. Covered in a layer of dirt and discoloured varnish. Pronounced craquelure in several areas which remains effectly stable (see images). Unless the blue pigment is behaving in a specific manner under UV, there is potentially later reinforcement through her right hand sleeve and parts of the skirt as shown on images. With likely patch of strengthening within the black of her lower skirts to the right of the striped pattern. Tiny amount of transferred gilt paint to upper left hand corner and odd general surface imperfection, etc.
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 11th Nov, 2023
On the Kentish Downs by Algernon Cecil Newton is one of the highlights of the British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 11th November. On offer with an estimate of £8,000-12,000 (plus buyer’s premium), the picture is a fine example of Newton’s quiet yet poetic landscapes.
Further highlights include Eugene Galien-Laloue’s Paris, Winter Fruit Stalls of 1910, and “The Engagement Ring” by Arthur Claude Cooke, which was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1901. Also of note in the sale is Lady Electra Being Led by a Groom by Lionel Edwards.
The sale will also include a Private Collection of works by Myles Birkett Foster and George Weatherill, and the last remaining paintings from the T.B. & R. Jordan Collection of Staithes Artists.
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Sunday 5 November - Friday 10 November 11am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am.
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