KEN HOWARD (BRITISH, 1932-2022)
Silver Self Portrait
signed 'Ken Howard' (lower right); inscribed with colour palette (verso)
oil on canvas
101.5 x 122cm
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Provenance
Richard Green, London, circa 2004, from whom acquired by the present owner
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£10,000 - £15,000
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Hammer price:
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£10,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Footnote
Howard’s pictures were regularly some of the first to sell at the Royal Academy Summer
exhibitions; particularly popular were his studio interiors, often set in the Chelsea Studio
previously used by Sir William Orpen. Rather than simply including the model as the sole
subject, a signature Howard composition would encompass the work space as a whole
including multiple easels, paint brushes; all the paraphernalia of an artist. Silver Self
Portrait is a sublime example of this with the artist himself as the subject. The multiple reflective surfaces
displaying his mastery of the play of light, with the silver lustre reminiscent of Sir William Nicholson's still life.
Condition report
Original canvas. The paint surface is in excellent original condition with no sign of retouching; ready to hang.
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