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Ernest Heber Thompson
“Hace frio” (It’s cold)
1930s?

$500.00

Rare

Artist: Ernest Heber Thompson (1891-1971)
Title: “Hace frio” (It’s cold)
Date: 1930s?
School: New Zealand/British, British XXth-century
Medium: drypoint
Dimensions: 194 x 154mm (plate), 305 x 234mm (sheet)
Watermark: none
Inscriptions/marks: in the plate lower right <<Heber Thompson>>, on the support in pencil
lower left to lower right<<3/30 …………… Heber Thompson>>, on the support in pencil lower left border
to lower right border <<”Hace frio” (It’s cold) ………………..3/3/- …………S33940>>
Condition: fine condition, some matt burn on the support not encroaching on the image
Description: An old man seated warming his hands at a circular stove or brazier. Sold on behalf of the artist by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London, with their S stock number. 
Reference: See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Heber_Thompson for biography
Provenance: Richmond Antiques, Richmond, New Zealand