Modern British & 20th Century Art - 13th December 2016
Lot 362
‡Carel Weight RA (1907-1997) The Return Signed Oil on canvas 133 x 122cm Exhibited: Leicester...
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £15500
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Description
‡Carel Weight RA (1907-1997)
The Return
Signed
Oil on canvas
133 x 122cm
Exhibited:
Leicester Galleries, Works by Carel Weight and Ruskin Spear, Mar/Apr 1968, No. 22
Purchased by E. B. Mayne who asked Carel Weight about the subject of the painting. The artist replied that Mr. Mayne would enjoy the picture much more if the subject was left to his imagination - and so it proved to be, with endless discussions about the subject over the years.