Electricians
signed and dated 'W Xn Symons 98' (lower left), further signed 'W Christian Symons' (verso)
oil on canvas
86 x 112cm
(unframed)
Provenance
The estate of the artist
Estimate: | £5,000 - £7,000 |
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1898, no.370;
London, Goupil Gallery, 1912, no.124 (As The Young Electricans);
Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, 30th April - 25th June 1994, no.9;
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, 2nd July - 14th August 1994, no.9;
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Borough Museum and Art Gallery, 27th August - 9th October 1994, no.9
Rye Art Gallery, 30th January 1999 - 28th March 1999, no.8
Literature
Life, Light and Colour - The Rediscovery of William Christian Symons, Exhibition Catalogue, front cover illustration
Condition report
Original canvas; traces of a stretcher bar, lower centre and scuffing to paint surface on the boy's wrist ; a tiny fleck of paint loss, upper centre; impression to the canvas, upper right; some frame abrasions to each border, flecks of surface dirt, upper left; ultraviolet reveals no sign of retouching.