Lot 55
  • 55

Charles Courtney Curran

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Courtney Curran
  • A Comfortable Corner
  • signed Chas. C. Curran and dated 1887 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 9 by 12 inches
  • (22.8 by 30.5 cm)

Provenance

Adolphe Obrig, New York (sold by the estate: American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, New York, October 28, 1931, lot 18)
Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York
Private Collection (by descent from above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 29, 2010, lot 122)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in generally good condition; craquelure throughout--stable UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: scattered strokes of inpainting, mostly for cracq fill-in; a few spots at lower right (do not affect signature)
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