Lot 197
  • 197

Albert Lebourg

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albert Lebourg
  • LA SEINE EN HIVER
  • signed A. Lebourg and dated 1899 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 46.7 by 73.1cm., 18 3/8 by 28 3/4 in.

Provenance

Henri-Aimé Duhem, Arras
Wildenstein & Co., London
Private Collection, France (sale: Sotheby's, London, 1st December 1993, lot 129)
Private Collection, Zurich (purchased at the above sale; sale: Sotheby's, London, 22nd June 2004, lot 237)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

The canvas is lined. There is a 5 by 2cm. area and a 2cm. sq. area of small strokes of retouching to the upper right quadrant, three nailhead-sized spots of retouching to the centre of the upper edge and a 1cm. sq. spot of retouching in the upper left quadrant. All retouching is visible under UV light. Apart from a nailhead-sized spot of retouching to the right of the boat masts, a spot of retouching to the upper left corner and further spot of retouching to the upper left edge, this work is in good condition. Colours: Fairly accurate, although the blues are stronger and slightly deeper in the original.
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