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§ § Frank Brangwyn RA, RWS, RBA (Welsh 1867-1956)

Fisherwomen with lobster pots; the reverse painted with figures by a river
oil on canvas
129 x 96cm

Provenance:
Sale; Christie's 13 October, 1978, lot 108
Sale; Tennants 15 May 1992, lot 409

The canvas is slightly undulating and tension is slightly slack. Canvas appears to have been restretched and attached to a used canvas, which shows painted figures on the reverse. The top left corner shows a rip to the very top of the canvas and the lower edges with some losses, the centre of the image with horizontal line corresponding to the top of the stretcher bar behind. Along the lower edge there appears to be a line of nine tacks beneath the canvas which have been overpainted. The lighter areas of paint are slightly dirty and discoloured and the passages of paint in the sky show some small dark mould spots and small brown accretions. There are other small accretions and light scraches elsewhere, including through the right arm of the central figure. In areas where the paint has been thickly applied, for example on the lobster pots and sitter's face, there are some small, fine cracks in the paint layer. The surface is overall quite glossy, though there is an matte area at the top left of the image. See additional photos.

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