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Details
John Melville (1902-1986)
Chairs
signed and inscribed 'John Melville/Chairs' (on the reverse)
oil on board
18 x 13 ¾ in. (45.7 x 34.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1934.
Chairs
signed and inscribed 'John Melville/Chairs' (on the reverse)
oil on board
18 x 13 ¾ in. (45.7 x 34.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1934.
Provenance
with Austin Desmond Fine Art, London.
Literature
S. Levy and T. Pirsig-Marshall (ed.), exhibition catalogue, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, Leeds, City Art Gallery, 2009, pp. 178-179, illustrated.
Exhibited
Leeds, City Art Gallery, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, July - November 2009, exhibition not numbered.
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, British Surrealism Unlocked: Works from the Sherwin Collection, April – June 2014, exhibition not numbered.
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, British Surrealism Unlocked: Works from the Sherwin Collection, April – June 2014, exhibition not numbered.
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.
Sale room notice
Please note the medium of this work should read 'oil on paper laid down on board' and not 'oil on board' as stated in the printed catalogue.
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