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Stuart Sutcliffe Large Abstract Oil Painting

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Music Memorabilia Start Price:NA Estimated At:100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD
Stuart Sutcliffe Large Abstract Oil Painting
c.1959/60. From his Liverpool days comes one of Stuart’s most accomplished pieces: A large 40 x 50” abstract oil painting that was stretched and custom framed by Sutcliffe himself! The painting is mainly comprised of broad 2” brush vertical strokes in unbleached titanium white paint. Stuart’s uses restraint with his palette, the other main colors used here is are slate blue/gray and yellow ochre which seems to form the “image” as its central focus. The paint is dense and layered and all the while generates movement within its abstraction. This is the only one being publicly offered for sale – and is rare in that it is only one of a total of ten completed oil on canvas paintings known to exist by Sutcliffe. What makes this even more unusual is that it’s signed “Stuart” on the bottom left corner--something Sutcliffe rarely did. It was not unusual for Stuart to paint while listening to rock n roll music and while having a conversation with his best friend John. On this occasion, Cynthia was also present and confirmed to Pauline Sutcliffe (Stuart’s sister) that John dipped his fingers in the paint and co-signed it with his customary question marks, which appear on the bottom left hand corner below the “Stuart” signature. Some of these have been appraised at the 5 million dollar mark. A Grey Triptic and two Reds (Late Hamburg oils-on-canvas) have recently been valued as a group for 5 million pounds sterling. The painting is in VG/EX condition with some crazing and minor cracking to the thickest areas of paint.