Lot 197
  • 197

Jules René Hervé 1887-1981

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Jules René Hervé
  • Le Petit Palais, Paris
  • Signed Jules R. Hervé (lower left); signed and titled (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas, unframed
  • 25 1/2 by 32 in.
  • 64.7 by 80.8 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1988

Condition

Unframed. Canvas not lined. Margin from previous frame appears around edges, most noticeably in the upper left corner of the sky. Margin is slightly cleaner than the majority of the surface. Varnish of the surface has yellowed and would benefit from a cleaning. Minor abrasions in bottom right corner. Under UV: tiny, scattered spots of inpainting, mainly in bottom half.
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