2nd Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
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Brian Shields ''Braaq'' (1951-1997) ''The Boat Lake'' Signed and dated (19)79, inscribed...
"The Boat Lake"
Signed and dated (19)79, inscribed "Ann", oil on board, 30cm by 40cm
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Brian Shields was born in Liverpool in 1951. The unusual nickname of 'braaq' is a misspelling of the famous French artist Braque which was adopted on account of his artistic talent as a boy, which he later put to use as his signature on his work. The name 'Ann' is also included after his own signature in reference to his sister who died age 21, and whose memory all of his subsequent paintings were dedicated.
Shields' paintings focus on the industrial landscape of Liverpool, based often in a humorous way on his childhood memories of the city, in which he frequently painted himself into the scenes as a boy wearing a striped jumper.
Sold for £6,000
Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000
Some light surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Slight score down the left hand side edge, from the top left hand corner down into the chimney and the figures below. Also one diagonal score from the road up into the lower left hand corner of the pond. No apparent paint loss caused by these. Three small marks to the centre of the bottom edge. Not examined out of the frame.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 2nd Mar, 2019
Modern & Contemporary Art
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