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Lot 302
  • 302

Serge Ferat

Estimate
22,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Serge Ferat
  • In the Village
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 81 by 60cm, 31 3/4 by 23 1/2 in.

Condition

Original canvas, which is slightly uneven in the corners. The paint surface is slightly dirty, particularly to the edges, where the paint surface has also been slightly abraded. There are three small pinholes to the canvas in lower middle and to the left of the signature. There is a small area of paint loss to the inner frame edge to the right of the tree, especially to the upper corners. UV light reveals no apparent retouching. Held in gold painted modern frame with minor losses. Unexamined out of frame.
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