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Lot 12

20th Century Swedish School ‘Old wreck on the shore’

Medium:	Oil on Board
Image Size:	18.8 x 32 ins (47.5 x 82 cm)
Framed Size:	20.1 x 33.5 ins (51 x 86 cm)
Estimate:	£200 - £300

Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.

If you know our stock well you will recognise that I buy a lot of deserted beach scenes, preferably those punctuated by a wreck or a solitary abandoned boat.

Sometimes I imagine the artist is giving us a metaphor for the poignancy of the human condition, ultimately doomed to solitude amongst the masses. Mostly I expect they need a device to make an otherwise empty beach less boring and are wondering more about how so much sand got into their sandwiches. Either way the result is rather lovely, a very fine painting.

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