Oil on paper laid on panel, 1974, initialed at lower left, presented in a gilt frame with linen liner, retains gallery label and hand-written identification sheet to verso.

Sheet 12 x 17 7/8 in.; Frame dimensions 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.

From the Collection of Sharon Knox, Durham, North Carolina

Leonie Jonleigh Studio, Holmefield, Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey, UK

Bernard Dunstan was a respected British artist, teacher and author. His evocative and emotional interior scenes recall the influence of Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard and Walter Sickert. He was a member of the New English Art Club and was the longest serving Royal Academician upon his death, having been elected in 1968. He also served as president of the Royal West of England Academy from 1979 until 1984.

Paintings by Dunstan are in such prominent public and private collections as The Royal Collection and the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Several small air pockets between paper and board; horizontal crease to paper along lower edge of sheet with minor associated paint loss; foxing to linen liner; no evidence of restoration visible under UV light.

$1,000 - 3,000