Lot Essay
We are grateful to Alexander Robertson for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Sun-dip, the home of the heron
Details
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
Sun-dip, the home of the heron
signed and dated 'Atkinson Grimshaw/1893.S.' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Sun-Dip--The.home.of.the.heron./Atkinson Grimshaw./1893.S.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 x 27 in. (45.9 x 68.9 cm.)
Sun-dip, the home of the heron
signed and dated 'Atkinson Grimshaw/1893.S.' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Sun-Dip--The.home.of.the.heron./Atkinson Grimshaw./1893.S.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 x 27 in. (45.9 x 68.9 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 16 June 1998, lot 44.
with Richard Green, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 2005, lot 2, where purchased by the present owner.
with Richard Green, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 December 2005, lot 2, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
A. Robertson, Atkinson Grimshaw, Oxford, 1988, p. 111.
Special notice
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