Lot 15
  • 15

MAURICE WILKS, A.R.H.A., R.U.A. | The Harvester

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maurice Wilks
  • The Harvester
  • signed l.l.: MAURICE C. WILKS.; also signed and titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 56 by 46cm., 22 by 18in.

Provenance

The Eakin Gallery, Belfast, where purchased by the present owner in 1996

Condition

Original canvas. The work appears in very good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals a small area of retouching near the upper right corner and three small areas in the background to the right of the figure's left shoulder. Held in a wood and gilt composite frame.
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