JOHN BRATBY, R.A. | PAT IN THE BATH (BATH TIME)

Property from the Antoinette and Patrick Murphy Collection

JOHN BRATBY, R.A.
1928-1992
PAT IN THE BATH (BATH TIME)

signed
oil on board
122 by 76cm.; 48 by 30in.

Condition Report:
The board appears sound. There is some probable flattening to impasto tips and a few probable losses to similarly raised areas of impasto. There are flecks of staining in places and surface dirt to the work. There are some instances of small spots of surface detritus and matter in places. There is a layer of discoloured varnish. This excepting, the work appears in very good overall condition.
Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals fluorescence in keeping with the Artist's working methods.

The work is held in a painted wooden frame. The work has very slightly slipped in the frame.

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