Lot 33
  • 33

Eugen von Blaas

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Eugen von Blaas
  • The Love Letter
  • oil on canvas
  • 33 3/8 by 27 in.
  • 84.7 by 68.5 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Vienna (acquired directly from the artist as a gift)
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Unlined. Small patch on the reverse to address small tear at lower left. Under UV: Inpainting throughout composition and finer strokes throughout the figure's skin and to address two small tears at left.
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Catalogue Note

As Dr. Gerbert Frodl (former director of the Belvedere Museum, Vienna) explains, the colors of the present work suggests it was completed in the early 1870s.