Lot 40
  • 40

George Luis Viavant

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • George Luis Viavant
  • A Hanging Mallard Drake
  • signed G.L. Viavant N.O. and dated 1918 (lower left)
  • watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard
  • 29 by 20 1/4 in.
  • 73.6 by 51.4 cm

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner's grandfather

Condition

The sheet is mounted on paperboard, there is some old mat burn, scattered specks of dark brown near upper edge, a few tiny specks of lost pigment on the body of the duck.
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Catalogue Note

Please note that this work is sold unframed.