Lot 192
  • 192

Valentín de Zubiaurre

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Valentín de Zubiaurre
  • Florero de Ondárroa (The Ondarroan Flower Vase)
  • signed and dated VALENTIN DE ZUBIAURRE 1952 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 60 by 45cm., 23½ by 17¾in.

Condition

Original canvas. There is some retouching, visible under ultraviolet light, to two small repairs (approx. 1.5cm. and 3cm.; patched on the reverse) at the upper right. Apart from pinholes to the upper right and left corners, scattered small areas of light craquelure, and some light surface dirt, this work is in good condition, and would improve greatly with a light professional cleaning. Held in a decorative, muted gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame with a cream canvas slip and name plate.
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Catalogue Note

The present work belongs to the large series of still lifes by the artist painted between 1940 and 1960, and features a view of the Cantabrian coast in the background.