Sale 6340
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$3,000 – $5,000
Provenance:
Sale of Mathias, Le Roux-Morel, Baron Ribeyre and Associée, Paris, November 30, 2005, lot 7 (as Circle of Franz Werner von Tamm)
International Fine Arts & Antique Dealers Show, New York, November 2006
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Lined canvas. Stable craquelure throughout the entire canvas, particularly through the dark background. Repairs to paint loss along the lower edge and to the lower corners are visible with the naked eye. Diagonal creases to the four corners. Under UV light: craquelure filling to the pumpkins and peaches in the lower half. A few other small touches of inpainting on the face, especially on the tip of the nose. Some repairs at the corners are visible, others no longer fluoresce, indicating two campaigns of repair.
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