Lot 71
  • 71

Joan Eardley, R.S.A.

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joan Eardley, R.S.A.
  • Boy with Crossed Arms (recto); Portrait of a Woman (verso)
  • oil on canvas 
  • 89.4 by 60.4cm., 35¼ by 23¾in.
  • Executed c.1955.

Provenance

Lyon & Turnbull, 24 May 2007, lot 137, where purchased by the present owners

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son, Festival Exhibition, 1964, no.20

Literature

C. Andreae, Joan Eardley, Surrey, 2013, p.126, pl.118, illustrated

Condition

Original canvas. Some small frame abrasions along the edges, otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. Under ultraviolet light there appear to be no signs of retouching. Held in a dark stained moulded frame.
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