Lot 173
  • 173

Norah McGuinness, H.R.H.A.

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Norah McGuinness, H.R.H.A.
  • Feeding Ground
  • signed with initials and dated l.r.: McG 47
  • oil on canvas
  • 46 by 56cm.; 18 by 22in.

Provenance

Pyms Gallery, London

Condition

The colours are similar to the catalogue illustration. Original canvas. There are some minor lines of surface craquelure scattered to the upper half of the composition. There is some minor surface dirt otherwise in good overall condition with some strong passages of impasto notably to the black pigments across the centre. Under ultraviolet light, there appear to be no signs of retouching. Held in a painted wood frame.
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