Frank Percy Wild

Christie's New York, October 31, 1980, lot 233, titled An Afternoon on the River

The canvas is unlined and somewhat slack on the stretcher. There is a small patch on the reverse that corresponds to an area in the water about 3 inches to the right of the dog. The picture surface is in very good condition aside from some surface dirt and abrasions along the extreme edges. Under UV: there is a small area of inpaint in the center of the sky upper left and inpainting in the area associated to the patch.
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