Lot 867 , Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) Oriental music, 14.5 x 13in.

Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938)
watercolour,
Oriental music,
signed,
14.5 x 13in.
Estimate £2,000-3,000

Watercolour on paper in very good original untouched condition, with very slight undulation to the paper, colours looks strong with a little sign of any fading, no sign of any fox marks or other damage, signed in ink lower left, housed in an old probably the original washline mount which is showing some discolouration and a glazed ripple moulded frame, label verso for Aldridge Bros Gallery of Worthing, an old newspaper cutting dated 1944 regarding the death of the artist and a 1975 storage label.


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Sold for £3,200