Lot 269
  • 269

Rex Whistler

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rex Whistler
  • the age of walnut 1660 - 1714 loan exhibition in aid of the royal northern hospital (poster design)
  • signed and dated 1932
  • watercolour, pen and ink
  • 70.5 by 45.5cm.; 27¾ by 18in.

Provenance

Phillips London, Modern British Paintings, 17 November 1998, lot 118

Condition

On wove paper. There is evidence of a vertical join between the figuresand some minor creasing. To the right of 'Exhibition' there is a small patch of rubbing. The work has rich bright colours throughout. Under glass with a white mount, held in a gilt wood and plaster frame. Unexamined out of its frame.
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