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Description

Home in the countryside oil on canvas 39 x 49cm

Footnote: Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Marjorie Florence Crossley Thence by family descent to the present owner Cambridge born Marjorie Crossley (1905-2001) was both an accomplished painter and sculptor. She was President of The Artworkers Guild, Associate (and later Treasurer) of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and a Member of Council (and later Vice-President) of the Artists General Benevolent Institution. Having painted a portrait of his friend Marjorie in the 1950s (private collection), the present lot was probably a gift from Gilbert Spencer.

Condition report: Oil on canvas attached to a wooden stretcher. There are minor undulations across the canvas but overall it is in a good condition. Debris trapped between the canvas and lower stretcher bar has caused a deformation at the centre of the bottom edge with paint loss. There is minor abrasion at the edges caused by framing.

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