EDMOND MARIE PETITJEAN | Les Trois Arches and Port en Bretagne: A Pair

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Vincent Mann Gallery, New Orleans

Les Trois Arches: Lined. The work presents well and the surface is stable. Under UV: in the sky there are finely applied dashes and small dots of inpainting; two dashed lines of inpainting extending from the left upper edge; and a 2 1/4 inch brushy area of inpainting extending from extreme center left edge above the bridge. There is some broad brushy fluorescence in the sky, possibly inherent. Port en Bretagne: Lined. The work presents well and the colors remain bright. In the sky there is widely patterned craquelure and a few pin dots and small areas of accretion. Minor bumping and pulling is visible in the upper right corner. Under UV: there is brushy retouching around the spire of the church at right (slightly visible to the naked eye) and along the upper edge.
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