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235 - After Evert Jan Boks,
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After Evert Jan Boks, Dutch 1838-1914- The Distraction; oil on canvas, 45 x 37.5 cm. Provenance: With Todmorden Fine Art, West Yorkshire (as Harold Hume Piffard). Private Collection, UK (by descent). Note: Boks produced multiple versions of this same composition, including that which sold at Agra-Art, Warsaw, on 14 June 2015, lot 81 (£1,753 hammer). The present work has previously been attributed to Harold Hume Piffard (fl.1895-1903) and is characteristic of his romanticised portraits and historical and genre scenes. A comparable work sold at Doyle, New York, on 21 November 2023, lot 98 ($2,016). In addition to his painting, Piffard was a prolific illustrator for The Strand Magazine and The Illustrated London News.
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