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428. GILLIAN AYRES CBE RA (1930-2018). ABSTRACT STUDY ON BOARD, AN EARLY WORK FROM AYRES' TIME AT CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART CIRCA 1946-1950.

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GILLIAN AYRES CBE RA (1930-2018). ABSTRACT STUDY ON BOARD, AN EARLY WORK FROM AYRES' TIME AT CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART CIRCA 1946-1950.
428. 4756693. GILLIAN AYRES CBE RA (1930-2018). ABSTRACT STUDY ON BOARD, AN EARLY WORK FROM AYRES' TIME AT CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART CIRCA 1946-1950.

Description

Signed, unframed oil on board, 16cm x 44.5cm.
With further oil sketch verso.

*Sold with a postcard from Gillian Ayres to the vendor's parents who attended Camberwell School of Art with Ayres, also a copy of Gillian Ayres certificate of marriage to Henry Mundy (1919-2019) at which the vendor's father was witness, illustrated online are three photographs of Gillian Ayres at art college.

Illustrated online are photographs showing the vendor's Father with Gillian and 'Harry' (Henry Mundy)
The group photo shows their Father sitting on the right, the other shows them on holiday with their Father again, on the right.

**"A charming early work from her days at The Camberwell School of Art, this piece is quintessentially Ayres, demonstrating how quickly she established her artistic voice.

Condition

Frayed edges to hardboard.
Some surface dirt.
Good thick impasto throughout.

Resale right

Yes

Sale

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428. 4756693. GILLIAN AYRES CBE RA (1930-2018). ABSTRACT STUDY ON BOARD, AN EARLY WORK FROM AYRES' TIME AT CAMBERWELL SCHOOL OF ART CIRCA 1946-1950.

Description

Signed, unframed oil on board, 16cm x 44.5cm.
With further oil sketch verso.

*Sold with a postcard from Gillian Ayres to the vendor's parents who attended Camberwell School of Art with Ayres, also a copy of Gillian Ayres certificate of marriage to Henry Mundy (1919-2019) at which the vendor's father was witness, illustrated online are three photographs of Gillian Ayres at art college.

Illustrated online are photographs showing the vendor's Father with Gillian and 'Harry' (Henry Mundy)
The group photo shows their Father sitting on the right, the other shows them on holiday with their Father again, on the right.

**"A charming early work from her days at The Camberwell School of Art, this piece is quintessentially Ayres, demonstrating how quickly she established her artistic voice.

Condition

Frayed edges to hardboard.
Some surface dirt.
Good thick impasto throughout.

Resale right

Yes

Sale

June Fine Art Sale

Do you have something similar to sell? Get your items valued free of charge!

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June Fine Art Sale

Lawrences Auctioneers present their June Fine Art Sale, including silver, jewellery, pictures, furniture and decorative arts.

The English silver includes pieces from a Charles II silver trefid spoon and a large William III lidded tankard to Hester Bateman cream jugs and sugar baskets, George II candlesticks, and complete canteens and tea services by Mappin & Webb. Also included is Continental and Irish silver.

The jewellery section features diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald pieces and wristwatches include Rolex, Omega, IWC, Breitling, Girard-Perregaux and Tudor.

Pictures include works by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst RA, Gillian Ayres CBE RA, S.J. Lamorna Birch RA, John Piper CH and Eugène Boudin, with portraits, landscapes and seascapes spanning the 17th to 20th centuries. There are also portrait miniatures attributed to Andrew Plimer and Robert Thorburn ARA.

The furniture section features good Georgian and Regency pieces, and a strong group of Cotswold School work by Gordon Russell, Ernest Gimson and Russell & Son.

The sale closes with ceramics and Asian works of art, including a collection of Moorcroft from early Macintyre Florian pieces to later studio vases, Minton art pottery, Chinese and Japanese porcelain, and Chinese jade snuff bottles.

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