Lot 83
  • 83

Edmond-Marie Petitjean

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edmond-Marie Petitjean
  • Au bord de la mare, Vendée
  • signed l.r.: E. Petitjean
  • oil on canvas
  • 46 by 65 cm.; 18 by 25½ in.

Provenance

Kaplan Gallery, London, Edmond Petitjean Exhibition, April 1976, no.15;
Purchased from the exhibition by the present owner

Condition

The canvas has been relined. Some signs of old craquelure to the sky but this is otherwise in good overall condition. UV light reveals scattered spots of retouching throughout and some sweeping retouching to the sky area. Held in a decorative composite frame.
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