Lot 191
  • 191

Marie-Félix Hippolyte-Lucas, 1854-1925

Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marie-Félix Hippolyte-Lucas
  • PORTRAIT DE RENOIR
  • signed, dated Cannes 1919 and dedicated du peintre au Renoir, son ami
  • oil on board
  • 55 by 46cm.; 21 5/8 by 18in.
  • Painted in 1919.

Condition

The canvas has not been relined. There are intermittent fine, stable lines of craquelure in places throughout, visible on close inspection. Ultra violet lights reveal no signs of retouching. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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