Lot 149
  • 149

Asher B. Durand 1796-1886

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Asher B. Durand
  • Study of Rocks
  • signed with initials A.B.D. and dated 69, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 by 24 in.
  • 40.7 by 61 cm.

Provenance

Kenneth Lux Gallery, New York
Alexander Gallery, New York
(Sale:  Sotheby's, New York, June 19, 1981, lot 73)

Literature

David B. Lawall, Asher B. Durand, A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York, 1978, p. 175, no. 345a, fig. 188a

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: 2 small losses at upper center (top of hill and in sky just to the right); dirty varnish (small brown spots in sky area-might be surface mold); craquelure throughout (stable) UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: craquelure fill-in throughout sky area; a few scattered spots of inpainting in darker areas
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