Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE RA (1901-1979) The New Rick, 1927, Signed in pencil bottom right, numbered 73/75, etching, measurements 20.6 x 26.7 cm (PL), frame 44 x 54 cm
Illustrated in Meyrick R. & Heuser, H. 2017, Charles Tunnicliffe Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne, Royal Academy of Arts, London, p. 75
Provenance: consigned from a significant private collection of wildlife art
Sold for £260
Condition Report
The etching is a work on paper, framed under glazing- not examined external to the frame. It has full margins and a clearly defined platemark. The sheet appears in good condition, no signs of any rips, creasing or folds. There are a few faint and sparsly distributed spots of foxing in the margins which do not appear to have extended into the plate. The surface appears stable. The frame is in good condition with solid joints.
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