£1,400
Arthur Spooner RBA (1873-1962)
Portrait of a Lady wearing white dress and summer hat
oil on board, 60 x 51cm
signed lower right , framed
Provenance: The Vendor`s Grandfather attended Nottingham School of Art and met Spooner there. By family tradition this portrait is believed to be a waitress from a Nottingham coffee house and was offered for "the price of a three-piece suit" which Spooner required to go to the Royal Academy.
painted thinly on board, craquelure to her hair both sides
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