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Petrified Dog Horse and Sleeper
Violet Neish
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
8in h x 8in w
wood block on paper
£140 framed
Item number 900
A fantasy scene of a sleeping figure and a horse with a stone dog teeth bared Very interesting woodblock of a dream scene of a human lying on the ground with a horse rearing over him. The print has been executed in blocks of toned colours and works well. This is probably for a book illustration but this has not yet been identified.
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| About the artist
Born: 1912
Violet Neish was the daughter of William Anderson, a famous Edwardian Scottish society portrait painter. She attended the Glasgow school of art and became a landscape and flower painter. She exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Glasgow Institute and in England.
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| Product type |
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print - final |
| Date of work |
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1930 |
| How we know the date |
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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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Surrealist |
| Approach |
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study representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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8 x 8 |
| 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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unknown |
| Item number |
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900 |
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So that you know how we have indexed this picture,
below are the keywords we have used. 
print - final, wood block, paper, Petrified Dog Horse and Sleeper, A fantasy scene of a sleeping figure and a horse with a stone dog teeth bared, Very interesting woodblock of a dream scene of a human lying on the ground with a horse rearing over him. The print has been executed in blocks of toned colours and works well. This is probably for a book illustration but this has not yet been identified., 00.00.1930, Modern British, Surrealist, study, animal, representative, prone, trees, horse, grey, black |
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