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Black Knight and Skull
Hector Sutton
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
4in h x 3in w
gouache on paper
SOLD
Item number 355
A dust jacket design commissioned in the 1920s - a book illustration for an unpublished work This picture shows the current influence of all things Egyptian on art in the 1920's after Howard Carter's discoveries in the Valley of the Kings.
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| About the artist
Born: 1905
Died: 1990
H M Sutton was born in 1903 and studied at the Royal College of Art under Sir Thomas Monnington and A K Lawrence. After qualifying he became an art teacher and lecturer. He exhibited regularly at the R.A.He was a very good portrait painter and an innovator. He was always looking at new techniques and styles, pushing the boundaries of modernism. He died in the early 1990's.
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painting |
| Date of work |
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1925 |
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our estimate |
| The last owner of the work |
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acquired from the artist |
| How we know who the artist is |
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the artist |
| How we know the subject |
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| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
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study representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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4 x 3 |
| Condition of work |
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very good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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1 |
| Item number |
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355 |
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painting, gouache, paper, Black Knight and Skull, A dust jacket design commissioned in the 1920s - a book illustration for an unpublished work, This picture shows the current influence of all things Egyptian on art in the 1920's after Howard Carter's discoveries in the Valley of the Kings., 00.00.1925, Modern British, Representational, study, representative, study for an unpublished book., brown, blue, red |
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