22nd Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
.Some very light surface dirt and discoloured varnish. The canvas has not been relined but there are some areas of retouching, in particular to the corners, centre of top edge, along the lower edge, to the man's heels, a small area to the right of the lady and to the right corner of her dress and the odd tiny area within the sky. Slight stretcher shadow. Some very fine craquelure within the beige paint below the figure group to the right hand side and a section to the left hand side near the stretcher shadow. Two pin holes lower right corner. Slight mark/indent upper left of the sky perhaps caused by the stretcher.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 22nd Jun, 2019
Modern & Contemporary Art
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