9th Oct, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 3145
 

3145

Neil Macpherson RSA (b.1954)
"The Quiet Shepherd"

Neil Macpherson RSA (b.1954) Scottish

"The Quiet Shepherd"

Signed, oil on board, 157cm by 114cm



Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business



See illustration

Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000


 

The painting has dropped in the frame - see the images. Otherwise the work is in overall good condition with some light surface dirt and debris trapped under the glass. Not examined out of the frame.

There is also a sketch to the reverse of the painting.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 9th Oct, 2021


To include a selection of Contemporary artworks from The Frank Cohen Collection (to be sold without reserve), an important watercolour by Elizabeth Blackadder, ceramics by Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso, and Northern Art by the likes of Norman Cornish, Brian ‘Braaq’ Shields and Peter Brook. The sale also includes a singe owner collection of works by Harry Epworth Allen, and a collection from the Estate of Eric Hill. Also represented are David Shepherd, Mary Fedden, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Guy Taplin, Elisabeth Frink, Bob Dylan and Bram Bogart.

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