Lot 1309 , Robert Boyd Morrison (1896-1969) Portrait of a girl with a ribbon in her hair, 20.5 x 17.5in.

Robert Boyd Morrison (1896-1969)
oil on canvas,
Portrait of a girl with a ribbon in her hair,
signed and dated '44,
20.5 x 17.5in.
Estimate £300-500

Oil on original canvas in barn find condition, canvas still tight but showing a little bulging down each side, paint very dirty with it lifting away in the top right corner, currently just as crack but will need some attention, further cracking in the lower left corner, one fine scratch going into the paint through the girls left eyebrow, signed and dated top left, in an equally tatty and dirty but probably original gesso frame, Leamington Spa Removers label verso, no other inscriptions. Overall in need of a good clean and some careful restoration.


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Sold for £400