Paul Camille Guigou

(French, 1834-1871)

Field of Olive Trees in Provence

oil on canvas

signed Paul Guigou (lower left); bears a red wax seal (verso)

17 x 32 inches.

This lot has previously been authenticated by Monsieur Franck Baille.

Provenance:

Sold: Sotheby's, Paris, October, 29, 2018, Lot 941

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Lot note:

The small mountain in the background is likely located near Apt, France.

Framed: 24 1/4 x 39 inches.

Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust, as well as pinpoint staining throughout sky; tape covers canvas margins but the canvas appears unlined; varnish is unevenly discolored; small paint losses scattered along extreme upper edge, underneath the frame; localized area of brown accretions on surface in upper left corner; craquelures visible throughout, with horizontal areas of lifting paint within the sky, accompanied by pinpoint paint losses; lighter toned areas above the mountains and trees may be a result of the original ground coming through the paint layer; inpainting visible under normal viewing conditions and UV light extending along the center to lower right edge; lower left corner; and within the trees to the right and left. Additional strokes of inpainting are visible under UV light within the central trees.

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