Lot 66
  • 66

Frederick Cayley Robinson A.R.A., R.W.S.

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Frederick Cayley Robinson A.R.A., R.W.S.
  • Evening in London
  • signed CAYLEY ROBINSON and dated 1920 (lower right)
  • tempera and pencil on board
  • 14 7/8 by 13 3/8 in.
  • 37.7 by 33.9 cm

Provenance

Cecil French (in 1969)
Stuart Pivar
Acquired from the above, 1983

Exhibited

London, The Fine Art Society, The earthly paradise: F. Cayley Robinson, F.L. Griggs and the painter-craftsmen of The Birmingham Group, June 30-July 31, 1969, no. 193 (lent by Cecil French)
Wilmington, Delaware, The Pre-Raphaelite era, 1848-1914: an Exhibition in Celebration of the Nation's Bicentennial, April 12-June 6, 1976, no. 6-13 (lent by Stuart Pivar)

Literature

"British Watercolor Painting of Today,"  The Studio, special winter edition, 1921, illustrated pl. 18

Condition

This work is clean and bright. There appears to be a water mark center left, on the rear wall, and descending towards the bottom edge and visible in the photograph.
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