Sale 6511
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Provenance:
R. H. Love Galleries, Inc., Chicago
Acquired directly from the above
Private Collection, Illinois
Unframed.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is not lined; stretcher bar marks around the image perimeter; craquelures scattered throughout the surface; a small puncture with associated paint loss in the lower right corner; wear and small paint losses along all edges; one darker spot of blue pigment in the center left, but this does not appear to be inpainting under UV light; a thin vertical line of inpainting along the center right stretcher bar line, visible under normal viewing conditions. Under UV light: the aforementioned line of inpainting fluoresces; minor instances of pinpoint spots of inpainting in the center and lower half of the composition; thin areas of inpainting along the upper left margin; several minor strokes of inpainting in the brown building in the center left. Additional images available upon request.
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