Lot 104
  • 104

Narcisse Berchère

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Narcisse Berchère
  • caravane dans le desert
  • signed Berchère lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 41 by 65cm., 16¼ by 25½in.
  • 40.6 by 65.4 cm

Provenance

Sale: Gros & Delettrez, Paris, 11 December 2006, lot 26
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Original canvas. There are scattered areas of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably to two small repairs at the upper left (patched on the reverse) and surrounding the signature at the lower right. Apart from fine scattered craquelure, notably to the sky, this work is in good condition, with rich colours and tones, and ready to hang. Held in a decorative, brown and gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame incised with Oriental motifs.
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