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Ivon Hitchens
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Ivon Hitchens
- September Trees and Pond by House
- signed; also signed, titled and dated 1956 on Artist's label attached to the stretcher bar
- oil on canvas
- 51.5 by 105.5cm.; 20½ by 41½in.
Provenance
Arthur Lenars & Cie, Paris
Sale, Christie's London, 10th May 1974, lot 254
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by Sydney Cooper in the 1970s and thence gifted to the present owner
Sale, Christie's London, 10th May 1974, lot 254
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by Sydney Cooper in the 1970s and thence gifted to the present owner
Condition
Unexamined out of frame. The canvas appears to be original. There are Artist's pinholes in the lower corners but otherwise the canvas appears sound. There are a few speckles of fly spotting in the upper right quadrant, and one or two further instances of surface dirt and studio detritus. Subject to the above, the work appears to be in overall excellent condition.
Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching.
The work is presented in a painted wooden frame and held behind glass.
Please telephone the department on +44 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
We are grateful to the Estate of the Artist for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
‘I try to use a notion of tones and colours so that the design flows from side-to-side, up-down, and in and out. I am not interested in representing the facts as such until this visual music has been created. But this creation must satisfy me as being true to life, though not naturalistically accurate.’
(Ivon Hitchens, ‘Notes on Painting’, reproduced in Ark, the journal of the Royal College of Art, 1956, quoted in Peter Khoroche, Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2007, p.81.)