Will Ashton (1881-1963)
Grand Canal, Venice c1919
Estimate: $4000 - 6000
Sold For:
$4500 hammer
Description
Will Ashton (1881-1963)
Grand Canal, Venice c1919
oil on canvas-board
43.5 x 35.5 cm
signed and inscribed lower left: WILL ASHTON VENICE
inscribed verso: an incident in the celebrations of the feast of the Sorrow at Venice/ July 19 to 20/ THE RELIGIOUS PROCESSION/ OF PRIESTS/ WHICH PRECEDES THE FESTIVITIES./ CROSSING THE GRAND CANAL/ VENICE/ Held every year from the evening/ of July 19 to dawn of July 20
Provenance:
Artlovers Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Sydney, 15 April 2014, lot 325 (as St Marks, Venice
Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
Estimate: $4000 - 6000
Result Hammer: $4500