GWEN JOHN | TABBY CAT CROUCHING (EDGAR QUINTET)

Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
GWEN JOHN
1876-1939
TABBY CAT CROUCHING (EDGAR QUINTET)

stamped with Estate stamp
pencil on paper
14.5 by 13.5cm.; 5½ by 5¼in.
Executed 1905-1908.

Condition Report:
The sheet appears to be laid down onto a backing conservation sheet, which is in turn attached to the mount with adhesive tabs to the corners with possible tabs elsewhere and is not fully laid down. The left, right and upper edges have been cut, and the lower edge appears to have been cut or neatly torn. There are some tiny nicks to the left and lower edges. There are some faint creases to the sheet. There are one or two very light smudges to the work in places. There is very light dust to the work. This excepting, the work appears to be in very good overall condition.

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

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