Lot 97
  • 97

Manolis Calliyannis

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Manolis Calliyannis
  • Lesbos
  • Signed Manolis Calliyannis (lower right); signed again, titled, dated 1966 and inscribed 8 R. St. Victoire Paris V (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 59 by 63 3/4 in.
  • 150 by 162 cm
  • Painted in 1966.

Provenance

Jacques Dubourg, Paris
Acquired from the above in May 1969

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. The picture surface is in good condition aside from surface dirt and scattered areas of star shaped craquelure in the upper third of the work. There are also scattered lines of craquelure scattered across the rest of the picture surface. There is an area of discoloration along the center right edge. Under UV light, some of the pigments and glazes fluoresce but there are no apparent inpaints visible.
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