Lot 30
  • 30

Alfred Wallis

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alfred Wallis
  • Boat at Sea
  • signed
  • pencil and oil on card
  • 17 by 39.5cm.; 6¾ by 15½in.

Provenance

Waddington Galleries, London
Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath

Condition

The card is sound and is slightly bowed with characteristic irregular edges. There are two vertical slits at each end of the card which are original to the material and there are some minor scattered spots of staining and handling marks otherwise in good original condition. Under ultraviolet light, there appear to be no signs of retouching. Held in a painted wood box frame under glass; unexamined out of frame. If you have any further queries, please call the 20th Century British Art department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424.
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