26th Feb, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 1012
 

1012

Edith Lawrence (1890-1973)
"France"
Signed and numbered 17/50, linocut, 27cm by 36cm (unframed)


Provenance: From the artist's estate

Sold for £2,500
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

Slight time staining/oxidisation to paper, especially evident to the exposed areas. Creases to margins, in particular, lower-left corner and to top corners. Also creases within the paper, upper right within the image and upper left - in particular a vertical crease from the top edge down into the blue ending behind the man with the blue jacket. Large brown foxing spot to lower right of right margin. Brown stains to top edge, one to the centre of the bottom edge and lower corners - where old tape must have been attached. Small sized sporadic foxing spots in evidence to the exposed areas of paper.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 26th Feb, 2022

 Modern and Contemporary Art Sales offer a broad range of paintings, prints, drawing and sculpture from the 20th and 21st centuries. The sales specialise in Northern Art, with a strong representation of Modern British artists.

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