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Raymond Ching artwork – Roseberys 2024

Sold for £300 at Roseberys on Jun 11, 2024.

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Raymond Ching, New Zealander b.1939 - The Wood Pigeon Columba Palumbus, 1968; pencil on paper, signed with initials, dated, titled and annotated upper right 'RHC 1968 Plate no.31', 34 x 31.3 cm (mounted/unframed) Provenance: the Estate of Mr Bob Reid (1935-2023) Note: Bob Reid ran Snowdonia Taxidermy Studios, which created pieces that the artist would paint from since the 1960s. Reid worked with Ching on important works including this paintings of Aesop's fables and the 'AA Book of British Birds' published in 1969. Reid saw taxidermy as a sculptural art form as opposed to the stereotypical Victorian 'stuffed' bird.

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