Lot 142: N. T. Hepworth (British, 20th Century), A Country Churchyard Landscape, Watercolor on Paper, 1978
This original watercolor painting on paper depicts a traditional English pastoral scene featuring a stone country church set within a churchyard with several visible headstones. The composition leads the eye along a winding path toward the building, with a backdrop of rolling hills under a sky filled with large cumulus clouds. The work is executed in a representational style typical of 20th-century British landscape painting, utilising a palette of greens, ochres, and muted blues. In the lower left corner, the artwork is signed in dark paint N T HEPWORTH followed by the date 78. The painting is housed in a contemporary light-toned wood-effect frame with a neutral cream mount under glass. Two adhesive labels are present on the glass: a white square sticker printed with the number 4 in the upper right and an orange rectangular sticker printed with the number 142 in the lower right.
Condition report:
The artwork is in good overall condition with no obvious foxing, water damage, or significant fading visible in the photographs. The paper exhibits light natural toning consistent with age. The mount appears clean with no visible staining. The contemporary frame is in sound condition with minor superficial wear to the edges. Visible reflections on the glass are due to photography and not defects in the work itself.
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