4th Oct, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 68
 

68

Frances Macdonald (b.1945) Scottish
"Iona"
Signed, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 58cm by 83cm

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

The work is glazed. There is a small area of brown tape attached to the top left corner. Some light surface dirt, debris and the odd small spider trapped under the glass. There are areas where the paint is thin in places by application and areas where the white canvas is showing through, in particular, to the centre of the right edge, to the dark paint lower left edge and lower left corner. It is not clear if there are losses in these areas or if it is by design. See extra images. Not examined out of the frame.

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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 4th Oct, 2025

Modern and Contemporary Art Sales offer a broad range of paintings, prints, drawing and sculpture from the 20th and 21st centuries. The sales specialise in Northern Art, with a strong representation of Modern British artists.

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