Lot 191
  • 191

Dietz Edzard

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Dietz Edzard
  • Jeune femme regardant une foire (No. 2)
  • Signed DEZARD (lower right); dated 1939, titled and inscribed No 2 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 32 by 25 5/8 in.
  • 81.3 by 65.1 cm.
  • Painted in 1939.

Provenance

Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada

Condition

The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from some minor abrasions along the extreme left and right edges, likely from the frame. Under UV, the varnish is applied unevenly and fluoresces and there is an area of inpainting in the trees to the right of the figure's left shoulder approximately 3 inches in length.
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