Lot 213: JOHN DAVIES | Two Heads (Room Background)

pastel, crayon and conté crayon on paper
78 by 71cm.
Executed in 1985.

59.2 by 55.7cm.; 23 3/8 by 22in.

pastel and pencil on paper

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the window mount along the upper edge and centre of the right edge. The lower edge is deckled. There are artist's pinholes in the upper two and lower right corners. Visible only when unframed, there is a very faint mount impression visible intermittently along the extreme outer edges, not affecting the image.
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London, Marlborough Fine Art, John Davies: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, 1980

Marlborough Fine Art, London
Private Collection (acquired in 1980)
Thence by descent to the present owners