Lot 63
  • 63

Willem Koekkoek

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Willem Koekkoek
  • Children and travellers along the canal
  • signed W. Koekkoek. and dated 68 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas

  • 25 1/4 by 39 5/8 in.
  • 64.1 by 100.6 cm

Provenance

Williams & Son, London
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in circa 1988-1991

Condition

This painting has been lined and reads beautifully to naked eye, although the varnish may have yellowed slightly. Under UV, small particular strokes of inpainting fluoresce in the in the white-painted brick of the center building, in the red roof and foliage to it's right, and in particular areas in the upper right portion of the sky.
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