John Craxton, R.A.

N. Embiricos, Esq. 

London, Leicester Galleries, John Craxton, May 1961, no.21.

The board is in good overall condition. There is a 2cm. dark mark in the lower left quadrant which may be a media mark of the artist. The paint surface is otherwise in good overall condition. There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light. Held under glass in a cream painted wooden and plaster frame which has been flecked with black paint.
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The present work was painted whilst Craxton stayed on the Aegean island of Hydra. The artist recalled watching the workmen having to collect their building materials by hand via a plank from a small caique.

We are grateful to the artist for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.