Artist: Graham Arnold

Title: Chapel Lawn Venus

Medium: Oil on Board

Size: 72cm x 110cm

Date: 2001

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Exhibited

The London Arts Club
Dover Street, London. (Part of the permanent collection until 2009.)

Reproduced

Greetings Card (Titled the Venus of Chapel Lawn)

Bonhams Auction Catalogue, Knightsbridge, 10 November 2009

Supplementary Information

The painting was part of the permanent collection at the London Arts Club in Dover Street until November 2009. The Arts Club made a foolish attempt to sell the painting to raise money for a "make-over" (Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 10 November 2009) but appears to have been thwarted by legal issues. The work is now believed to be in the possession of the model who, no doubt treasures it. Two other lots in the same sale (one by Graham Arnold and one by Graham Ovenden) went through a similar ordeal. Curiously, Bonhams chose not to put their "AR" symbol in the catalogue signifying that the artist is still alive (and thus a payment under the "Artist Resale Rights Regulations" should be made to the artist).