JOHN ATKINSON GRIMSHAW (BRITISH 1836-1893)

JOHN ATKINSON GRIMSHAW (BRITISH 1836-1893)
Under Red Pike, Cumberland, 1884
oil on canvas
50.5 x 76 cm (20 x 30 in)
signed and dated lower right; signed, dated and titled on verso

PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, London, July 12, 2007, lot 9
Acquired at the above by the present owner

CONDITION
Observed in frame, the work is in overall excellent age-appropriate condition. Fine, stable and age-appropriate craquelure overall. Scuffs and losses appearent to the upper edge. Inspection under UV light shows limited retouching at the perimeter and a horizontal area in the center of the sky, to no more than 5% of the surface.

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