Lot 211
  • 211

Gustave Loiseau

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gustave Loiseau
  • APRÈS LA RAFALE DE NEIGE DU 24 MARS 1899, SAINT-CYR-DU-VAUDREUIL
  • signed G. Loiseau (lower centre)
  • oil on canvas
  • 59.2 by 81cm., 23 1/4 by 31 7/8 in.

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris
Hammer Galleries, New York
Gioconda & Joseph H. King (acquired by 1981; sale: Christie's, New York, 5th May 2005, lot 252)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, 1981

Condition

The canvas is lined. There are nailhead-sized spots of retouching to be centre of the top edge, the top right corner and the top left corner. There are small areas of retouching to the bottom left corner and a 5cm line of fluorescence to the top left quadrant, possibly studio dirt. All retouching is visible under UV light. This work is in good condition. Colours: Overall accurate although slightly less red and stronger in the original.
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