15th Jul, 2017 10:00 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Art Sale

 
  Lot 57
 

57

Wright Barker (1864-1941) Group of horses and a foal Oil on canvas, 66cm by 99cm See illustration

Wright Barker (1864-1941)
Group of horses and a foal
Oil on canvas, 66cm by 99cm

See illustration

Provenance: Sutcliffe Galleries, Harrogate
Sold together with the bill of sale from the above dated 20th June 1988

Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000


 

Re-lined, cleaned and re-varnished, now with slightly discoloured varnish to surface. Some of the impasto and general texture of the original painting has been lost through this process, much of the sky has been strengthened, two areas of re-touching along and around horizon line on the right hand side, some surface dirt, otherwise in good stable order.

 


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Auction: Summer Fine Art Sale, 15th Jul, 2017

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