PETER KINLEY | PLANTS

PETER KINLEY
1926-1988
PLANTS

signed; titled, dated 1961, numbered 159 and inscribed on the canvas overlap
oil on canvas
92 by 71cm.; 36¼ by 28in.

Condition Report:
The canvas appears original. There is frame abrasion in places to the extreme edges. There are very fine scattered isolated lines of cracking to the work in places, including towards the upper edge at centre, one horizontal line across the work in the lower third, towards the centre of the lower edge, at the centre of the yellow element and in the lower right quadrant with further more minor instances elsewhere. There are one or two probable flecks of loss to impasto areas including in the yellow element and there are possible historic instances of flattening to impasto tips. There is reticulation to the blue pigment in places. There is evidence of possible blooming to the blue pigment in the upper left quadrant. There are two scuffs to the lower third of the work in the yellow pigment with probable more minor instances elsewhere. There is light surface dirt and a few instances of minor surface matter and studio detritus. This excepting, the work appears in good overall condition.

Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of fluorescence or retouching.

The work is unframed.

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Provenance:
Acquired directly from the Artist by the present owner

Private Collection, U.K.