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Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description
- Hendrik Willem Mesdag
- Twee vissersboten voor anker (Two Fishing Boats at Anchor)
- signed H. W. Mesdag and dated 1889 (lower right)
- oil on canvas
- 35 by 27 1/4 in.
- 88.9 by 69.2 cm
Provenance
Scholiens & Loon, Groningen
Sale: van Marle en Bignell, The Hague, June 1, 1930, lot 77
Private Collection
Thence by descent to the present owner
Sale: van Marle en Bignell, The Hague, June 1, 1930, lot 77
Private Collection
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Johan Poort, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1831-1915: oeuvrecatalogus, Wassenaar, 1989, p. 233, no. 1889.3, illustrated
Condition
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:
This painting appears never to have been cleaned. The canvas is unlined and still on its original stretcher and the painting is in its original frame.
There do not appear to be any restorations or reinforcements on the reverse. The paint layer is dirty and will clean very positively. Cracking has developed throughout the paint layer and while none of the paint is unstable, lining will improve the picture, although it is not absolutely necessary. The painting is overall in beautiful state.
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