Technique

Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, Georgia Museum of Art

It is painted thinly on a grey primed panel, with rather cursory brushwork on the pavement, and a higher degree of finish within the doorway at right that frames the child in her glowing orangey-red dress.

Conservation History

Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis,photograph, ca 1945

Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, photograph, ca 1980

Rose and Red: The Barber's Shop, Lyme Regis, Georgia Museum of Art

Photographs show that while the main fabric of the painting has not changed,there are signs of abrasion at the edges.