Lot 38
  • 38

Ivon Hitchens

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ivon Hitchens
  • flowers june 1957
  • signed; also signed, titled and inscribed with the artist's address on a label attached to the stretcher 
  • oil on canvas
  • 105.5 by 52cm.; 41½ by 20½in.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner's family from the Art Gallery of Toronto in the late 1950s

Condition

The canvas undulates slightly across the surface but particularly in the upper left quadrant. The paint surface is in good overall condition. There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light. Held in a simple white painted rectilinear frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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