WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (BRITISH, 1845-1911)
The Recital
oil on canvas
91.5 x 71cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Property of the Artist;
Thence by family descent
| Estimate: |
£600 - £800
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Hammer price:
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£800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Footnote
The violinist is the artist's wife Cecilia, known as Sissy, who was a Royal Academy-trained violinist and pianist; the boy playing the piano is likely to be
the artist's son John Martyn Symons, while the boy standing is also one of the artist's sons.
Condition report
Original canvas. flecks of paint loss off the upper centre, lower right and lower borders, traces of craquelure throughout and some areas of paint shrinkage. Line of staining, upper left and upper right. Ultraviolet reveals one small area of fluorescence, lower left but this appears to be the hand of the artist.
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