William Gear, R.A., 1915-1997

Seated Nude: The sheet is sound with some extremely minor wrinkling along the left edge. There is a small stroke of grey media to the figure's left leg and a further spot of the same media just below the figure's left knee. There is a pinhead-sized brown pigment speck to the left side of the lower edge. Some extremely minor surface dirt, possibly caused by artist's smudging, to the blank areas of the sheet outside the central image. The work is in good condition overall. Standing nude: The sheet is sound and very slightly undulated within the mount. There are a number of light horizontal creases to the lower half of the right edge. There is a triangular patch of discolouration to the upper right corner and a few scattered specks of media staining throughout. The work is otherwise in good overall condition. Both works are mounted and held in a black and gold painted frames in good condition. Each under glass and unexamined out of frames.
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