20th Mar, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European and Sporting Art

 
  Lot 1125
 

1125

Dame Laura Knight RA, RWS, RE, RWA, PSWA, DBE (1877-1970) ''The Old Garden'' Signed, oil on canvas

Dame Laura Knight RA, RWS, RE, RWA, PSWA, DBE (1877-1970) ''The Old Garden'' Signed, oil on canvas, 59.5cm by 49.5cm Provenance: Spink, London Exhibited: Royal Academy of Arts, London, Dame Laura Knight Exhibition, 1965, number 21 Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business See illustration (full page)

Sold for £11,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000


 

. in an overall good and original state of preservation, glazed. there is evidence of some very subtle buckling to the canvas mostly contained to the upper right hand corner, canvas remains secure on stretcher this maybe a result of the paint being thickly and thinly applied in this general area. an isolated area of large sized craquelure within the snow on the pathway approx half way up the canvas on the right, it remainis sound at present. some light surface dirt, not examined with a UV light

 


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

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