Lot 14
  • 14

Victor Pasmore

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Victor Pasmore
  • self portrait at a table
  • signed with initials
  • oil on canvas
  • 61 by 91.5cm.; 24 by 36in.

Provenance

Storran Gallery, London
Redfern Gallery, London, where acquired by Milo Cripps, Esq., 23rd July 1957
Redfern Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owners, 1988

Exhibited

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, lent by Storran Gallery (catalogue untraced).

Condition

The canvas undulates slightly across the surface. The paint surface appears to be in good overall condition. Examination under ultra-violet light reveals a line of retouching in the upper left quadrant, and a few short lines in the lower left quadrant. There are also a few small dots of retouching in the lower quadrants. Held in a composition frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1938.