Lot 273
  • 273

William Crosbie, R.S.A.

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • William Crosbie, R.S.A.
  • Universal Female
  • signed and dated l.l.: Crosbie 47; further signed, inscribed and titled on the stretcher and signed and inscribed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 127 by 102cm., 50 by 40¼in.

Provenance

Ewan Mundy Fine Art, Glasgow, 1990, where purchased by the present owner

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, New Paintings in Glasgow 1940-46, 1968, no.24 (lent by the artist); 
Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son, William Crosbie Retrospective, 1980;
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 1990

Condition

Original canvas. There is a small protrusion in the upper left corner and a few isolated areas of craquelure; the surface may benefit from a light clean otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals a few areas of retouching, including in the dark central oval shape, along the upper left edge and near the centre of the lower edge. Held in a simple wooden frame.
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