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‡ KEVIN SINNOTT oil on canvas - entitled verso on 1995 Martin Tinney Gallery exhibition label, 'Running Away with the Hairdresser', 83 x 113cmsProvenance: private collection South of England, vendor purchased from Martin Tinney 1995Comments: framed, immaculate condition and ready to hang.Auctioneer’s Note: the painting is one of only two versions of 'Running Away with the Hairdresser' produced by the artist. This version painted in early 1994 after the artist returned to Wales from London (in August 1993) and shortly before the larger version was painted and then acquired by the National Museum of Wales. The Station Hotel in the background is Caerau, near Maesteg.'Running Away with the Hairdresser' is one of the most famous and best loved modern-Welsh art images. The artist said that the painting evolved from an earlier work called 'Running Away' showing a single man running from a smoke-filled sky and terraced houses, while painting 'Running Away' Sinnott recalled that his '..body tingled with the kind of excitement that comes when you sense a good idea is around the corner'. 'Running Away with the Hairdresser was the outcome of this excitement.It has been said that the version at the National Museum of Wales is the most visited painting in the Museum’s impressive art collection which boasts works by Renoir, Monet and Pissarro. ‘Running Away with the Hairdresser’ is concerned with an age of aspiration where many young Welsh people have fled their roots, in this case the terraces of the South Wales valleys. It is simply a Welsh painting for the ages.Buyer's Premium: please note that bidders will benefit from stepped Buyer's Premium rates reducing at £25,000 / £30,000 and £35,000. Please see below.24.5% + VAT (29.4%) on all lots up to £24,999£25,000 and over = 20% + VAT (24%)£30,000 and over = 15% (18%)£35,000 and over = 10% (12%