Lot 54
  • 54

Julio Larraz (b. 1944)

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Julio Larraz
  • La Sonrisa (The Smile)
  • signed lower right; also dated 1982-081-1 and numbered #165 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 59 by 49 1/4 in.
  • 150 by 125 cm

Provenance

Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
Galería Arteconsult, Panama
Private Collection, Panama

Exhibited

Panama City, Galería Arteconsult, Artistas Latinoamericanos en París, 1984

Condition

This work is in overall excellent condition. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. Faint craquelure is present in the white portion of the table cloth. There are two surface scratches visible in the lower center quadrants. Under ultra-violet inspection, an area of accretion approximately eight-inches in length, is present along the extreme upper edge of the canvas.
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