Lot 184
  • 184

Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen 1813-1886

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen
  • Making a Bouquet
  • signed Meyer von Bremen and dated 1864 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 14 by 11 in.
  • 35.5 by 27.9 cm.

Provenance

George C. Thomas, Philadelphia (by circa 1900)
George C. Thomas, Jr., Los Angeles (by descent from the above, his father)
Josephine Thomas Gardner, Palm Springs (by descent from the above, her father)

Condition

Lined. Widely patterned craquelure throughout. Pindots of loss to red skirt beneath bouquet and beneath chair along edge. Under UV: inpainting along upper most edge to address cracking. Semi-circular area of inpainting above her head – this is visible to the naked eye. Inpainting to area between her right arm and face. Dashes of inpainting to the right of head also visible to naked eye. Varnish fluoresces unevenly.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Rudolf Meyer-Bremen for kindly confirming the authenticity of this work.