Lot 186
  • 186

Jean Jansem

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Jansem
  • Deux femmes
  • Signed Jansem (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 39 3/8 by 31 7/8 in.
  • 100 by 81 cm

Provenance

Acquired as a gift circa 2002

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. The canvas is slightly slack on the stretcher. There is some minor pulling at the corners. There are minor abrasions and losses scattered at the extreme edges, visible in the current framing. Under UV light, there are four areas of inpainting visible; two pencil-head sized spots to the left of the girls head in the background; one area above the signature at lower right; and one area 3 inches long along the upper right edge. There is also an area of inpainting near the center of the left edge at center.
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