Paul A. de La Boulaye

Oil on canvas, unlined. The canvas is pulling and bumping at the corners. There are scattered areas of craquelure across the composition, including in the chest and navel of the subject. There is a loss to the figure's left neck. Under UV light, there is florescence in the figure's hands and face, though it appears that this is likely additions by the artist as opposed to inpaints. Framed in an old American frame.
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