Road to Eretria
Catalog no.
0172
Year
1965
Subject
City and street
Media
Oil / Acrylic /
Oil on board
Size (H x W)
21 x 26 inches
Availability
For sale, Priced
Price
£600
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Also known as 'The Spinner', 'Spinning to Market', 'The Spinner on the Road'. 'Painted sur-le-champ in a series of days nearly deafened by cicadas'. (PBB) Thick palette knife style as typically used in many of the early Greek paintings.
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