Lot 110
  • 110

Ruskin Spear, R.A.

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ruskin Spear, R.A.
  • Bedford Park
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 61 by 50.5cm.; 24 by 20in.

Provenance

Purchased from the Royal Academy, 1974, and thence by descent

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1974, no.11;
London, Royal Academy, Ruskin Spear: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1980, no.58.

Condition

The canvas is unlined. The painting is in good overall condition. Under ultra-violet light there is no sign of retouching. Held in a pale grey frame.
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Catalogue Note

Executed in 1968.