The artist's sheet is attached intermittently along the edges to the mount, and apparently not laid down. Apart from a handful of scattered faint spots of brown spotting, primarily towards the lower-right of the composition (visible in the catalogue illustration), this work is in good and strong condition, and the ink medium deeper with less red overall in reality than the catalogue illustration suggests. Presented in a decorative gilt frame, under glass, with the mat not covering the edges of the sheet.
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