Lot 422
  • 422

Gustave Cariot

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Gustave Cariot
  • Lever de soleil, Temps nuageux
  • Signed G. Cariot (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 28 7/8 by 59 7/8 in.
  • 73.2 by 152.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Work is in very good condition. Canvas is not lined. Pigments are bright and fresh. The impasto is well preserved. There is a pindot-size hole in the canvas one inch from extreme right edge in lower right quadrant. There are two pinholes along extreme top edge. Minor frame abrasion visible to extreme top and right edges. Under UV light certain pigments fluoresce and a two-inch by half-inch area of inpainting is visible to the right of the artist's signature, otherwise fine.
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