DUNCAN GRANT | HORSE

Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
DUNCAN GRANT
1885-1978
HORSE

titled
pencil and watercolour on paper
56.5 by 75.5cm.; 22¼ by 29½in.
Executed circa the late 1920s.

Condition Report:
The sheet fully laid down onto a conservation sheet, which in turn is attached to the mount with adhesive tabs to the corners and to the centre of each edge. The edges have probably been neatly cut. The sheet undulates and there is slight rounding to the edges of the sheet. There is some creasing to the sheet in places. There are several repaired tears to the upper and lower edges, and further more minor instances to the right edge. There are a couple of light smudges in areas of the work. There is dirt to the sheet, with scattered instances of foxing and staining. There is time staining to the sheet.

The work is floated in a window mount and presented in a wooden frame under glass.

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Provenance:
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owners