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London Landscape (© Judy Fitton and Tim Fitton)
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© Judy Fitton and Tim Fitton

London Landscape

Artist: James Fitton (1899 - 1982)

Location: Museum of London

Date: circa 1948

Materials: oil, pen & ink, gouache on card

Dimensions: 51 x 61cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £4,333 (Total: £13,000)

Vendor: Crane Kalman Gallery Ltd

Review number: 4979 (2001)

Provenance:
Phillips Auctioneers, 2001; Crane Kalman Gallery.

Description:
Depicts a street scene in Brixton in post war London with figures looking at a window full of bills on a derelict shop front. Fitton felt that 'it seemed to be blooming like a flower in such a drab setting'.

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