Lot 115
  • 115

Joaquín Mir

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joaquín Mir
  • atardecer (twilight)
  • signed and dated J.Mir/ 923 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 103cm., 31½ by 40½in.

Provenance

Acquired by the family of the former owner circa 1945

Condition

Original canvas. Apart from some spots of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably scattered in the left half of the sky and a 1 by 1cm spot over a repaired puncture in the land in the lower right (patched on the reverse), and faint hairline craquelure, this work is in good condition, with colours that are more vibrant than in the catalogue illustration.
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