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Lot 316
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Arthur Segal

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Arthur Segal
  • Prozession (Madonna della Fontana)(Procession, Madonna of the Fountain)
  • signed A. Segal (towards lower left) and dated 1916 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 93 by 72cm., 36 5/8 by 28 3/8 in.

Provenance

Hjalmar Gabrielson, Gothenburg
Sale: Sotheby's London, 4th July 1974, lot 250
Private Collection (sale: Sotheby's, London, 8th December, 1999, lot 308)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Zurich, Kunstsalon Wolfsberg, 1917, no. 8
Herzlia on Sea, Miralan Art Gallery, 1965, no. 25 (titled Church in Forest)
Ascona, Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, 1978, (possibly) no. 6

Literature

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 4th December 1917 
Wulf Herzogenrath & Pavel Liska (ed.), Arthur Segal 1875-1944, Berlin, 1987, no. 118, illustrated p. 329

Condition

The canvas is lined. There are no signs of retouching visible under UV light though UV examination does reveal some scattered spots of fluorescence, relating to the the lining adhesive. There is some extremely minor paint shrinkage in places. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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