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Gunwalloe signed 'RUTH DOGGETT' (lower right) oil on canvas 50 x 67.5cm

Footnote: Provenance By descent within the family of the artist Exhibited London, The Fine Art Society, August in England - Paintings by Ruth Doggett , February-March 1934, no.16

Condition report: Oil on canvas. The canvas tension is slightly slack and there are undulations at the lower left corner. The weight of the thick paint layers is starting to pull the canvas forward and out of plane. Some localised, deep cracks forming the paint layer with age. In the upper right quadrant there are some lifting, vulnerable areas of paint. There are a few scattered losses at the upper edge. The painting is unvarnished, there is an overall layer of surface dirt and some bloom forming. The frame has suffered from exposure to moisture with most of the decorative surface lost and the canvas covering the slip coming loose.

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