Lot 28
  • 28

János Vaszary

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • János Vaszary
  • vase of flowers
  • signed VASZARY J upper left
  • oil on canvas

  • 71 by 82cm., 28 by 32¼in.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the grandparents of the present owner

Condition

The canvas has been relined. There are strokes of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably in the blue pigment to the right of the vase, in the centre; and a spot in the white, below the vase, in the centre. There are areas of paint shrinkage overall (visible in the catalogue illustration). Held in a decorative antique-gold-painted wood and plaster frame.
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