Lot 86
  • 86

Themistocles von Eckenbrecher

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Themistocles von Eckenbrecher
  • A busy street in Tangiers
  • signed and dated T.v. Eckenbrecher 76 lower left
  • oil on canvas laid on panel
  • 88 by 72cm., 34¾ by 28½in.

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, New York, 22 October 2008, lot 113
Purchased by the present owner at the above sale

Condition

The canvas has been laid on panel. There is retouching visible under ultraviolet light along two horizontal repaired tears, one 15cm in the buildings above the centre, another 15cm through the figures in the lower left, with strokes elsewhere, notably in the shadow of the right hand building, in the upper right quarter and a few strokes in the left hand building. Held in a decorative gold painted frame with a liner.
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