Lot 184
  • 184

Beryl Cook

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Beryl Cook
  • Dolphin Bar (Drinks All Round)
  • signed
  • pencil and oil on board
  • 55 by 64cm.; 21½ by 25in.
  • Executed in 1979.

Provenance

Portal Gallery, London
Sale, Phillips London, 25th March 1997, lot 64, where acquired by the present owner

Exhibited

Durham, Durham Art Gallery, Beryl Cook: A Touring Exhibition Of Paintings Organised By Durham Art Gallery, 1st August - 6th September 1998, with tour to Hartlepool Art Gallery, Hartlepool and City Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley (details untraced).

Literature

Jess Wilder and Jerome Sans, The World of Beryl Cook, Prestel, London, 2008, illustrated p.40-41.

Condition

Together with a copy of correspondence between the present owner and the Artist discussing the present work.Unexamined out of frame.The board appears sound.There is some craquelure in line with the grain of the board, most visible to the centre of the composition. There are a few tiny traces of very minor surface dirt or matter, but this excepting the work appears in excellent overall condition.Ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching.Housed behind glass in a thin red wooden frame. 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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Catalogue Note

Together with a copy of correspondence between the present owner and the Artist discussing the present work.