Harold Riley (b.1934), a Salford street scene, depicting a figure walking at night in front of a shop, ('Barmy Mick's), mixed media on paper, signed and dated 1970, 19.5 cm x 10.3 cm, glazed in a gilt frame, together with a small signed print, 'Old Lady', dated 1976, 19 cm x 14 cm, also framed and glazed.

Provenance: Private collection. The following note is provided by the vendor:

'Our grandmother died in the late sixties and left my brother and I a little money. We were teenagers and our parents encouraged us to invest it in some art as a permanent reminder of her. At the time, in Manchester, our mother had seen and liked some work by Harold Riley. She contacted him and we went to see him in his studio in Salford. The works were primarily of industrial scenes of the North West and my parents bought two landscapes which stayed with my mother until her recent death. My brother bought two charcoal pictures of Salford which are still in his possession and was given a small sketch as a gift.

I was less keen on the bleakness of the works.

Condition Report

No apparent faults. Paper is flat on both works, the mixed media being largely pastel. Colours appear good.