Lot 838
  • 838

Molly Guion

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Molly Guion
  • Chief Warder of Her High Majesty's Tower of London
  • signed M. Guion (lower right); inscribed with the title on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 1/4 by 24 1/2 in.; 76.8 by 62.2 cm.

Exhibited

London, The Festival of Britain, 1951.

Condition

The canvas is unlined and is slightly buckling. The surface in generally good condition aside for a dirty, uneven varnish. There are 2 small paint losses in the clothing on the stomach to the left and right of the R. Under UV; there are scattered pinpoint retouches in the area to the right of the guard's head. There is a heavy varnish overall that was selectively cleaned in the upper left.
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