Lot 10
  • 10

Roman Kochanowski

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Roman Kochanowski
  • Farm in a landscape
  • dated 14/7 886 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 by 49.5cm., 11½ by 19½in.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in the 1970s

Exhibited

Radom, Jacek Malczewski Museum; Kattowitz, Silesian Museum; Sandomierz, Regional Museum; Gdansk, National Museum; Piotrków Trybunalski, City Museum, Roman Kochanowski, 2010, no. 17 
Freising, Stadtmuseum Freising, Roman Kochanowski, 2010, no. 5

Condition

The canvas has been re-lined. There is retouching visible under ultraviolet light in the upper-right quarter, with scattered spots of retouching visible elsewhere, notably several spots in the centre of the composition, with minor spots at the centre of the extreme left edge. There is frame abrasion at the extreme corners, the centre of the left edge and centre of the upper edge, and pinholes. The work has been cleaned, apart from a 6-7mm band along the extreme upper and lower edges. Overall the work is in good condition, with fresh colours and a clean surface, and is ready to hang. Held in a decorative gold-painted wood and moulded plaster frame.
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