Premier Auction
Sat, Dec 4, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 790
James McBey
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
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(Scottish, 1883-1959)
Portrait of Marguerite McBey in a Striped Robe, 1932, signed lower left "McBey/19 February 1932", oil on canvas, 32 x 22-1/2 in.; fine carved and gilt wood frame with mask, shell and boss decorated decoration, selected by the artist, 43 x 33-5/8 in.
Provenance: Estate of the Artists James McBey and Marguerite McBey, London, England; by descent in family
Note: Accompanied by a magazine picturing the painting in McBey's Holland Park home:Musson, J., At Home With His Pictures: McBey Studio-House, Holland Park, 2002, March 7, Country Life, pp 104-107, ill. 107
Condition
original stretcher and tacking edge, recently cleaned and revarnished, good condition; frame with some minor restoration
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