Lot 47
  • 47

Abraham Mintchine 1898-1931

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Description

  • Abraham Mintchine
  • Farmer from Provence
  • signed A Mintchine (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 by 23 1/2 in.
  • 81.3 by 59.7 cm.
  • Executed circa 1928.

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London, 1954
Acquired from the above; thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Alberto Veca, Abraham Mintchine 1898-1931, Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo, Italy, illustrated p. 41, no. 34.268

Condition

In good condition aside from frame abrasion particularly at corners. Slight buckling to canvas upper left corner. Two minute punctures to canvas along stretcher, center right and center left. Small line of paint loss lower center at edge and lower left at edge. Pin hole upper left at edge. Under UV: no apparent sign of in paint.
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