Lot 12
  • 12

Kumi Sugai

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Kumi Sugai
  • Moonlight on the Square
  • signed

  • watercolour, gouache and pencil
  • 38 by 53.5cm., 15 by 21in.

Provenance

St George's Gallery, London, whence purchased by Mr and Mrs Milnes-Smith, May 1955

Condition

On wove paper. There is some very minor craquelure to one of the spots of white paint along the lower edge. There are some spots of possible abrasion to the paint surface in the lower right quadrant but these may be consistent with the artist's practice. Held in a cream mount which is quite dirty in the bottom right corner. Held under glass in a gilded wooden and plaster frame.
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