Lot 12
  • 12

Léon François Comerre

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Léon François Comerre
  • An Eastern Beauty
  • signed Léon Comerre (upper right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 43 7/8 by 29 in.
  • 111.4 by 73.6

Provenance

Possibly, A. Huagland (and sold at auction in New York, 1903) Sale: Christie's, London, November 2, 1979, lot 252, illustrated

Condition

Lined, some strokes of inpainting visible to naked eye under signature and to the left of her head; under UV: inpainting in aforementioned areas visible, a few dots of inpainting to dark green tile in lower right corner, dots and dashes to her left forearm, a few dots of inpainting in her hair and to her chin.
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