PATRICK HERON | OCTOBER IV : 1973

PATRICK HERON
1920-1999
OCTOBER IV : 1973

gouache on paper
59 by 79cm.; 23¼ by 31¼in.

Condition Report:
The sheet is attached to the mount with eight tabs at the corners and in the centre of the edges of the sheet. The edges of the sheet are deckled. There is slight creasing with very small instances of associated loss to the extreme left and right edges and to each corner, with some further specks of loss to the upper edge at the middle, and the lower left corner. There is a slight towards the upper corner of the left edge with some possible further instances elsewhere. There are small areas of very fine lines of cracking to the surface, towards the centre of the upper edge and to the green form towards its upper left corner, lower left corner and towards its centre of the lower edge, with some associated lifting and loss. There are very light rubs to the surface of the work. There is a light layer of dirt and surface dust and studio detritus to the work, with instances of accretions. This excepting, the work appears to be in very good overall condition, with bright, vivid colours throughout.

The work is floated in a painted wooden frame under glass.

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Provenance:
Heron Family

Waddington Galleries, London

Acquired by a Corporate Collection, U.K., in the early 1990s

Their sale, Sotheby's London, 11th May 2012, lot 179

Private Collection, from whom acquired by the present owner