Lot 17
  • 17

Aloysius O'Kelly

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Aloysius O'Kelly
  • A Street in Cairo
  • signed twice l.r.: ALOYSIUS O'KELLY
  • watercolour on paper laid on canvas
  • 38 by 28cm.; 15 by 11in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Jesse Nadal, New York, and thence by family descent to the present owner

Literature

Niamh O'Sullivan, Aloysius O'Kelly, Art, Nation, Empire, Field Day Publications, University of Notre Dame, 2010, no.50.

Condition

The sheet is sound and undulates slightly with some resulting surface abrasion in the upper right quadrant. There are two minor fragments of removable dirt caught between the glass and three very small specks of staining in the lower left quadrant. The surface is slightly discoloured otherwise it is in good overall condition. There is some residual mounting tape residue in each of the corners. Held in a gilt plaster frame.
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