Lot 70
  • 70

Carducius Plantagenet Ream 1837-1917

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Carducius Plantagenet Ream
  • Still life with plums
  • signed C.P. Ream, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 19 1/4 by 29 1/4 in.
  • 49 by 74.4 cm.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner, 1987

Condition

Canvas not lined. The surface is thin in the lower half, in areas leaving the canvas weave visible. Under UV light: inpainting through the lower half, mostly to grass but also some touches to the plumes.
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