Lot 532
  • 532

ODOARDO BORRANI | Feeding Chickens

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Odoardo Borrani
  • Feeding Chickens
  • signed OBorrani (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 15 7/8 by 19 3/4 in.
  • 40.3 by 50.2 cm

Provenance

Galleria C & A Schwicker, Florence (according to a label on the reverse)
Sale: Millea Bros. Ltd., Morristown, New Jersey, November 21, 2010, lot 3112, illustrated
Private Collection, New Jersey

Condition

Inscribed on the reverse: 'Io sottoscritta dichiaro che questo dipinto e opera authentica/ di mio padrigno Profe Odoardo Borrani/ Professa Olimpia Zini Gremo' Examined in the frame. Original unlined condition. The surface presents well aside from minor bumping and pulling of the canvas visible running parallel to upper, lower and upper right edges. Stretcher marks are visible along the left edge and in the sky at upper right. There is finely patterned craquelure in isolated areas. Under UV: no apparent issues
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