Lot 153
  • 153

Adolphe Monticelli

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Adolphe Monticelli
  • Scene de theatre
  • signed Monticelli. lower right
  • oil on panel
  • 37 by 75cm., 14½ by 29½in.

Provenance

M. O. Sainsère, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Exposition Rétrospective d'oeuvres d'Adolphe Monticelli, Société du Salon d'Automne, 1908

Condition

The panel appears sound. There is heavy craquelure throughout, but the work is in good overall condition, with scattered retouching visible under ultraviolet light, mainly to the upper right and lower left corners, partially obscured under a heavy varnish. Held in a decorative gilt moulded plaster and wood frame with a cream mount and name plate.
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