Joe Tilson R.A. (British, born 1928)
Dionysos Karpios, C
signed, titled, dated and dated with stencil 'Dionysos Karpios, C./Tilson 1989/1989' (on board verso)
oil on canvas and wood relief
173 x 156cm (68 1/8 x 61 7/16in).
(unframed)
Footnotes:
Provenance
With Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
Private Collection, Australia

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 5 June-14 August 1994, no. 636
Sydney, Annandale Galleries, in association with Theo Waddington Fine Art, Joe Tilson; Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture, 31 July-24 August 1996, illustrated on cover
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The canvas has been laid onto wood relief by the artist. There are some fine lines of paint separation to the brown pigment in the horizontal panel in the centre of the work. There are also some lines of paint separation and cracking to some of the ochre shapes in the upper part of the work. There are some speckles of surface dirt and mould in places to the lower section of the work. There are some small traces of paper fibres which have become adhered to some of the green paint in the lower centre of the work. There is some light surface dirt. Subject to the above the work appears to be in good overall condition.

Ultra-violet light reveals no obvious signs of florescence or retouching.