23rd Apr, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

Country House

 
  Lot 131
 

131

Owen Bowen ROI, PRCam A (1873-1967)
Unloading the coal at Robin Hoods Bay
Signed, oil on canvas, 28.5cm by 44cm

Sold together with a copy of the original purchase receipt from T.B & R Jordan, 1999

Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

Slightly stiffly relined, cleaned and revarnished. Relatively small patch of retouching left hand side edge approx. 1cm from upper corner and roughly 1.5cm by 1cm. Other odd small and sporadic retouches to sky. Paint is thin in places, most likely by execution. Weave of canvas is apparent. Otherwise in very good and stable state of preservation.

 


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Auction: Country House, 23rd Apr, 2022

The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.

This sale will feature property from three private estates; The Contents of The Laithes, Penrith from the Estate of Ian Stephenson, The Selected Contents of a Private House to be sold on behalf of the 7th Earl of Durham, and The Selected Contents of a Private House, St Judes, Isle of Man.

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The Selected Contents of a Private House, St Judes,
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The Contents of The Laithes, Penrith from the Estate
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