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Mardi Barrie Empty Fairground Oil Painting - An abstract expressionist oil painting titled Empty Fairground by the Scottish artist Mardi Barrie (1930–2004). The composition features energetic impasto brushwork with a dominant sweep of magenta and plum tones in the upper half, contrasting with a structured lower section in muted green, ochre, and purple. This work is signed in the lower right as mardi. The verso features a handwritten inscription in black ink stating May 19th 1972, Empty Fairground, and Mardi Barrie. Four labels are present on the reverse: a central printed white gallery label from Gallery Edward Harvane, 85 Bourne Street, Sloane Square, S.W.1, 01-730 4944, with typewritten details for Title: EMPTY FAIRGROUND (No. 31), Artist: MARDI BARRIE, Purchased by: MISS SHELAGH FRASER, and Date: MAY 19th, 1972; a blue-bordered adhesive label in the top right corner reading EMPTY FAIRGROUND, £34, and OIL ON CANVAS BOARD; a framer's stamp on the right for Aitken Dott & Son, FINE ART DEALERS, 26 SO. CASTLE ST., EDINBURGH; and a small printed label in the bottom left containing the number 84-48. The work is housed in a wooden frame with a gilt inner slip. 38 x 54 cm.