Lot 299
  • 299

Unknown Artist

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Unknown Artist
  • Girl on Dog House
  • titled and dated 1959 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 71 by 56cm.
  • 28 by 22in.

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, Paris, Pop Around: The Collection Pierre Lescure, 27 May 2004, Lot 140
Acquired directly from the above

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is warmer and more vibrant in the original. Condition: There are stretcher marks parallel to all four edges and handling marks in places to the right edge. There is frame discolouration along the right edge. There are stable networks of crackelure to the pink background of the composition and a faint rub mark towards the upper right corner.
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