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Lot 163

David Rolt, British 1916-1985 - Portrait of a lady with a grape spray brooch (with 'Landscape'...

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Lot 163

David Rolt, 
British 1916-1985 - 
Portrait of a lady with a grape spray brooch (with 'Landscape'...

Price Realised: £525

Estimate: £400 - £600

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Lot 163

Description

David Rolt, 
British 1916-1985 - 

Portrait of a lady with a grape spray brooch (with 'Landscape' on the reverse), 1943; 

oil on canvas, signed and dated upper left 'David Rolt 1943', 76.3 x 66 cm (ARR) 

Note: 
this is possibly a portrait of Valerie Hobson. The two were friends and in 1959, Hobson introduced him to Penelope “Minnie” Bradford, who became his second wife a few weeks later. 

Rolt was a society painter who exhibited with Hazlitt Gallery between 1949 and 1957. 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
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ARR is capped at £12,500

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