Lot 36
  • 36

János Vaszary

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • János Vaszary
  • Sailors by the Sea
  • signed VASZARY lower right

  • oil on canvas
  • 41 by 67 cm., 16 by 26 1/2 in.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the step-father of the present owner; thence by descent

Literature

Alexis Petrovics & Aurelius Karpati, Vaszary, Budapest, 1941, no. 65, illustrated (as Sailors Resting)
Lenke Haulisch, Vaszary Janos, Budapest, 1978, no. 184, p. 291, illustrated (as Matrozok)

Condition

Original canvas. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from a pinhole to the right of the extreme upper edge and scattered fine surface dirt, this work is in overall very good original condition, with fresh, strong colours, and ready to hang. Held in a simple, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame, with a cream slip, under glass.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in 1937.