Worldly Pursuits:Estate of Steve & Peggy Fossett

Colors are generally vibrant and inscriptions are legible; gold leaf mostly intact with scattered instances of rubbing or faint discoloration. Panel is slightly bowed in a convex manner; stabilized with two horizontal struts (the lower of which is slightly loose). Minor instances of craquelure to the edges of the painted scenes, scattered stretches of surface loss to the paint layer along the vertical edges of the painted scenes, exposing the underlying gesso and wood. Faint areas of discoloration to the cream-colored border; a few instances of loss to the painted edge, the largest of which is in the upper-left corner (approximately 7/8 inches in length).

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