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Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, hand-numbered 481/950 and signed by artist - offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, hand-numbered 481/950 and signed by artist – offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, hand-numbered 481/950 and signed by artist - offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print , shown with full margins - offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, hand-numbered 481/950 and signed by artist – offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print, shown with full margins – offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, numbered 481/950, titled and signed by artist, detail to show edition - offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, numbered 481/950, titled and signed by artist, detail to show edition – offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, numbered 481/950, titled and signed by artist, detail to show signature - offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, numbered 481/950, titled and signed by artist, detail to show signature – offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, hand-numbered 481/950 and signed by artist, detail to show accompanying Authentication of Edition - offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print

Checking Out The Competition by Robert McVittie, hand-numbered 481/950 and signed by artist, detail to show accompanying Authentication of Edition – offset lithograph limited edition vintage fine art print


TITLE: Checking Out The Competition (SOLD, 2023-3)
CREATED: late 20th C
ARTIST: Robert McVittie (Canadian, 1935-2002)

PRICE: $175.00 ($CAD)
STOCK ID: MR481ph-snc

IMAGE SIZE (h x w): 18 x 27 inches | 45.75 x 68.5 cm
SHEET SIZE (h x w): 24.5 x 34 inches | 62 x 86.5 cm

CONDITION:

Image: vertical angled thin 1.5" dent in trees at left, 2.5" from left edge, ; Margins: slight handling marks


COPYRIGHT & PUBLISHER: artist/artist estate holds copyright unless otherwise noted on artwork

©Robert McVittie, F.C.A.


ABOUT THE ORIGINAL WORK AND OTHER INFORMATION, AS PRINTED IN MARGIN:

directly under image, in pencil: Numbered 481/950 at left; Signed by Artist at right; also plate-signed


GALLERY NOTES:

includes certificate ‘Authentication of Edition’ ; Biography – Born in England, Robert McVittie trained for a naval career at the Thames Nautical Training College, and worked in the Merchant Navy before coming to Canada in 1957. He worked in mining and construction in northern Ontario and British Columbia before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1964. Working in oil, he paints in the manner of Montague Dawson and his subject matter includes all types of shipping from early sailing vessels to fishing boats and modern ships. His renderings are accurate based on specific shipbuilding plans. (Biography courtesy of The Collector’s Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction: Volume III: M-R)