20th Mar, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European and Sporting Art

 
  Lot 1083
 

1083

Tadeusz Styka (1889-1954) Polish Portrait of a haunting beauty Signed and indistinctly...

Tadeusz Styka (1889-1954) Polish Portrait of a haunting beauty Signed and indistinctly inscribed, oil on panel, 58cm by 43cm Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business

Sold for £7,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

. on removal from the frame this work is painted on paper or card laid to panel. general rubbing, scratches and scuff to outer edges. covered in a layer of dirt and dark coloured splashes in a vertical fashoin from the sitters left hand shoulder to lower edge other relatively minor abrasions within the chest area and a further patch of surface abrasions / more prominent surface dirt across left hand side of the sitters neck. other brown coloured small splashes within the face mostly containied to her left hand side. further fine slightly diagonal scratch to paint within the lower tips of her fringe right hand side. odd other minor scuffs/scratches to background notably above the signiture and indistinct inscription whenere the paint has been diluted and applied thinly and may be the background colour showing through or where the paint has not been applied fully. very small pock mark to surface just left of her shawl within the skin left hand side. no more than 0.5cm across.

 


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Auction: British, European and Sporting Art, 20th Mar, 2021

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