4th Mar, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 88
 

88

Christine McArthur RSW, RGI (b.1953) Scottish
"Quails Eggs Under Snow Clouds"
Signed, inscribed to artist's label verso, oil on canvas, 44cm by 44cm

Provenance: New Ashgate Gallery in Surrey

Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

Glazed. Some debris and surface dirt trapped under glass. The odd brush bristle trapped in the paint surface. Canvas is slightly uneven, most notably along the left edge. Not examined out of the frame.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 4th Mar, 2023

Two drawings by the masterful L.S. Lowry are on offer in our Spring Modern & Contemporary Art Sale, "The Stepped Street" and "The Sea", which span Lowry's artistic career and represent to of his overriding interests: the streets of Greater Manchester and the Sea. Also on offer is a fine work by Australian artist Arthur Boyd, a good selection of Northern Art by the likes of Braaq, Arthur Delaney and Stuart Walton, Canadian Art, sculpture by Sally Arnup, Lorenzo Quinn and David Wynn, and a good offering of prints by L.S. Lowry, Henry Moore, Edward Bawden, Bob Dylan and Billy Connolly. 

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