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Lot 65

John Atkinson Grimshaw
(British, 1836-1893)
Glasgow docks after rain

30 – 31 March 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £137,750 inc. premium

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893)

Glasgow docks after rain
signed and inscribed 'Atkinson Grimshaw' (lower left), signed and inscribed 'Glasgow/Atkinson Grimshaw' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 x 46cm (12 1/4 x 18 1/8in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Property from a deceased's estate.

We are grateful to Alexander Robertson for confirming the attribution to John Atkinson Grimshaw on the basis of photographs.

The every-day drabness is seen through a misty haze giving the whole a veneer of colour and charm.

(Alexander Robertson, Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight, ed. Jane Sellars, p. 11)

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