Lot 146
  • 146

Francis Davison

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Francis Davison
  • Yellow Right Angle 
  • paper collage
  • 54 by 58.5cm.; 21½ by 23in.
  • Executed in 1975.

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist
Margaret Mellis
A. Rose
Private Collection, U.K.

Condition

Unexamined out of frame. The collage is float-mounted to a white backing, but is not fully laid down. All elements of the collage appear secure. There are creasings and a couple of scattered pin holes to the paper, in keeping with the nature of the Artist's materials and techniques, and some further traces of light studio detritus and discolouration to the adhesive, again, in keeping with the nature of the Artist's materials. This excepting the work appears in very good overall condition. Housed in a thin light wooden frame, float-mounted against a white backing. Unexamined out of frame. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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