Lot Essay
A similar watercolour of Goldfinches among thistles, dated 1919 and measuring 10¾ x 7.1/8 in., sold at Christie's London, 15 March 1994, lot 51 (£9,775).
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Goldfinches on thistledown
Details
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Goldfinches on thistledown
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn 1914' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolour, on blue-grey paper
11 x 7.3/8 in. (28 x 18.7 cm.)
Goldfinches on thistledown
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn 1914' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolour, on blue-grey paper
11 x 7.3/8 in. (28 x 18.7 cm.)
Provenance
with A. Baird Carter, London.