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Lot 451

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, RA, British 1857-1947-  The Duck Pond;  oil on canvas, signed and...

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Lot 451

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, RA, 
British 1857-1947- 
The Duck Pond; 
oil on canvas, signed and...

Starting Bid: £7,000

Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000

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Description

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, RA, 
British 1857-1947- 

The Duck Pond; 

oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Stanhope a. Forbes.' / 1936.' (lower left) 61.5 x 77 cm. 

Provenance: 
with David Messum, London; 
where purchased by Baron Stanley Kalms (1931-2025) in 1989; 
Thence by descent. 

Exhibited: 
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 1937, no.140. 

Literature:
Royal Academy Illustrated, 1937, p.16. 

Note: 
In 1884 Forbes moved to Newlyn in Cornwall, and soon became a leading figure in the growing colony of artists. Commenting on the wealth of material for artists at Newlyn, he remarked: 'Not only the fishing village itself and the life of the fisher folk, but the country around Newlyn, the moorlands, the little valleys or coombes, the Cornish farms and the agricultural life of the county would occupy many painters' (see 'Painting in Newlyn 1880-1930', Barbican Art Gallery exhibition catalogue, London, 1985, p.111).

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