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WRIGHT BARKER (BRITISH, 1864-1941)
Lot 153

WRIGHT BARKER (BRITISH, 1864-1941)

Maternity

Fermé15 July 2022

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GBP 15,000–25,000

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WRIGHT BARKER (BRITISH, 1864-1941)
Maternity
signed and dated 'Wright Barker /1898.' (lower right) and further signed and indistinctly inscribed '****ernity/Wright Barker/The Beeches/Ollerton/Newark' (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
54 x 78 in. (137.2 x 198.1 cm.)

Mrs. Reckitt,
E.E. Wollen, Southampton,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 May 2002, lot 51, where purchased for the present collection.

Note du spécialiste

Wright Barker specialised in animal painting but also produced human portraits and genre pieces. His animal paintings are characterful and bold. The source of Barker's artistic training is not known. He lived in Bradford until 1885, then moved to Edwinstone near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. In 1893, he was living in nearby Ollerton, where the present work was executed. In 1901 he moved to Hampstead, then in 1915 to Harrogate, where he died in 1941. Towards the end of his life he became a picture dealer. Barker frequently worked on large canvases and the present picture ranks amongst his finest works.

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