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Lot 171
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Eliot Hodgkin

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Eliot Hodgkin
  • Three Dead Leaves
  • signed and dated i xi 62
  • tempera on board
  • 10 by 39cm.; 4 by 15¼in.

Provenance

Possibly gifted by the Artist to the mother of the present owner in the 1960s

Exhibited

The Reid Gallery, London (details untraced).

Condition

Sound board. There is a very faint, minor surface scratch to the centre of the upper edge, but this excepting the work appears to be in very good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching. Housed behind glass in a dark wood frame and set within a beige linen-textured mount. Unexamined out of frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present lot.
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