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Seated Nude
Eric James Mellon
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
19in h x 14in w
pen & ink on paper
£350 framed
Item number 686
A nude seated on a chair with one arm draped over the back rail A wash drawing of a seated nude. This work shows Mellon's mastery of line capturing in a few brush strokes the character of the sitter. Here the economy of line is really strong with not a brush stroke to many. Painted from a professional nude model
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| About the artist
Born: 1925
Eric James Mellon is one of the countries leading ceramic artists. His paintings are also avidly collected by a growing number of appreciative collectors. He was trained in his home town, at the Watford School of Art, married the artist Martina Thomas in 1957, moved to Bognor Regis in Sussex, where a wing of the Museum of Art in Chichester has been designated to hold his collection on his death.
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| Product type |
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drawing |
| Date of work |
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1948 |
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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 |
| Approach |
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figurative impression |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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19 x 14 |
| Condition of work |
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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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686 |
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below are the keywords we have used. 
drawing, pen & ink, paper, Seated Nude, A nude seated on a chair with one arm draped over the back rail, A wash drawing of a seated nude. This work shows Mellon's mastery of line capturing in a few brush strokes the character of the sitter. Here the economy of line is really strong with not a brush stroke to many., Painted from a professional nude model, 00.00.1948, Modern British, Representational, figurative, impression, nude, seated, grey |
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