19th Sep, 2020 10:00 GMT/BST

Sporting Art

 
  Lot 1058
 

1058

John Rattenbury Skeaping RA (1901-1980) ''The Stallion'' Signed and dated (19)72, titled verso,...

John Rattenbury Skeaping RA (1901-1980)
"The Stallion"
Signed and dated (19)72, titled verso, gouache on paper, 71cm by 53cm

Provenance: Purchased from the artist's estate

This work was created when Skeaping was visiting Paul Mellon's Rokeby Stables in Upperville, Virginia.

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

. Small sized foxing spots across sheet but more evident within the blue of the sky and the left hand side of the foreground. Other areas of exposed paper appear clean and bright in appearance as does overall colour depth and integrity. Otherwise in a generally good state of preservation.

 


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Auction: Sporting Art, 19th Sep, 2020

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