拍品 107
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ROBERT SALMON | A British Brig and Frigate, Off the Mouth of the Mersey

估價
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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描述

  • Circle of Robert Salmon
  • A British Brig and Frigate, Off the Mouth of the Mersey
  • signed R.S. and indistinctly dated **** (lower right); also inscribed No./Painted by Robert Salmon/182* (on the reverse)
  • oil on panel
  • 19 7/8 by 31 inches
  • (50.5 by 78.7 cm)
signed R.S. indistinctly and dated **** (lower right); also inscribed No./Painted by Robert Salmon/182* (on the reverse)

來源

The Parker Galleries, London, England
Howard K. and Alison McEldowney Walter, Portland, Maine, circa 1955-60
By bequest to the present owner from the above, 1985

Condition

This work appears to be slightly dirty and there is fine surface cracking throughout. There is a 4 inch horizontal crack through the panel that extends from the center left edge and a 6 inch horizontal crack through the panel that extends from the center right edge. Both have been stabilized on the back of the panel. Under UV: there are some thin lines of inpainting to the craquelure and the horizontal cracks, some of which is visible to the naked eye.
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