Lot 40
  • 40

Vlaho Bukovac

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vlaho Bukovac
  • the artist's daughters
  • signed Vlaho Bukovac on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 38 by 48.5cm., 15 by 19in. (oval, sight size); 46 by 54.8cm., 18 by 21½in. (overall)

Provenance

Acquired from the wife of the artist as a wedding gift for the mother of the present owner

Condition

Original canvas. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from a few pinhead-sized flecks of paint loss at the centre of the extreme right edge, this work is in very good original condition and ready to hang. Held in a decorative, bronze-painted moulded plaster and wood frame, with an oval-shaped insert, incised with floral motifs.
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