Lot 160
  • 160

Rosa Bonheur

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Rosa Bonheur
  • Landscape Studies: Pyrenees and Tree (two works)
  • each: stamped Rosa Bonheur; each: with the vente wax seal on the stretcher
  • each: oil on canvas
  • the first: 12 1/2 by 15 1/2 in. (31.8 by 39.4 cm)
  • the second: 10 by 15 in. (25.4 by 39.4 cm)

Provenance

each: Estate of the Artist (and sold: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 30 - June 2, 1900)

Condition

Pyrenees: good condition, canvas is lined, a crease at the lower right hand corner. UNDER UV: inpainting on the furthest peak, the upper right hand corner, a few strokes in the central area and a small area at the lower right hand corner. Tree: visible repair at center right in the tree. UNDER UV: above repair fluoresces.
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