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Blue Oval
Details
John Wells (1907-2000)
Blue Oval
signed, inscribed and dated 'Blue Oval/John Wells. 1946./Anchor Studio/Trewarveneth Street/NEWLYN/W.CORNWALL.' (on the reverse)
oil on board
17½ x 11 in. (44.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Blue Oval
signed, inscribed and dated 'Blue Oval/John Wells. 1946./Anchor Studio/Trewarveneth Street/NEWLYN/W.CORNWALL.' (on the reverse)
oil on board
17½ x 11 in. (44.4 x 27.9 cm.)
Provenance
The artist's family.
with Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner.
with Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
M. Rowe, exhibition catalogue, John Wells The Fragile Cell, St Ives, Tate Gallery, 1998, p. 29, no. 12, illustrated.
Exhibited
St Ives, Mariners' Chapel, First Crypt Group Exhibition, July 1946.
St Ives, Tate Gallery, John Wells The Fragile Cell, May - November 1998, no. 12.
St Ives, Tate Gallery, John Wells The Fragile Cell, May - November 1998, no. 12.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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