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40 - Philip Wilson Steer OM,
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Philip Wilson Steer OM, British 1860-1942 - River at Richmond, 1893; oil on panel, signed with initials lower right 'P. W. S.', 21.5 x 27 cm Provenance: with The Leicester Galleries, London (according to the label that accompanies the work); Mrs McDougall (according to the copy of the letter from Dr Bruce Laughton); with Louise Kosman Modern British Art, Edinburgh (according to the copy of the original invoice dated 29th January 2019); Private Collection, purchased from the above Note: the work is accompanied by a copy of a letter by Bruce Laughton, author of 'Philip Wilson Steer 1860-1942' (Oxford, 1971), confirming the work is by Steer and the likely date of 1893. The work demonstrates Steer's complete mastery of Impressionism and the examples of the great masters, Turner, Whistler and Monet, in his depiction of the transitory effects of light and water.
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Modern British & 20th Century Art: Part IAuction house
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