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Lot 48

George Leslie Hunter
(British, 1877-1931)
Café a Vence 32 x 39.5 cm. (12 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

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13 May 2021, 11:00 BST
Edinburgh

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George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931)

Café a Vence
signed 'L Hunter' (lower right)
wax crayon and ink
32 x 39.5 cm. (12 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

Footnotes

Provenance
With Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd., Glasgow.

Exhibited
Glasgow, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Leslie Hunter Exhibition, 1942.
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Leslie Hunter, 1877-1931, 1942.

Literature
Derek Ogston and Margaret Carlaw, Leslie Hunter, 1877-1931 : Paintings and Drawings of France and Italy, Baillieknowe Publishing, Kelso, 2004, p.67 plate 64, cat.no.156

Saleroom notices

The label with '110/31' corresponds with the entry 'H.D.56, Café a Vance [sic], 110/31, valued at £4, in the 1932 inventory of pictures (including pictures in the studio) compiled after Hunter passed away, by Mr Pearson [of Pearson & Westergaard]. The label upper left, is inscribed, 'E.N.Marshall', the number is indistinct. However, it corresponds to No.76 in the 1942 Hunter Exhibition Catalogue held at Glasgow Art Galleries.

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