Lot 23
  • 23

Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier
  • Eve et la pomme
  • signed D Caucanier  and dated 1884 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 39 1/2 by 78 3/4 in.
  • 100.5 by 200 cm

Exhibited

Paris, Salon, 1884, no. 468, illustrated p. 298

Condition

Lined. Visible restoration along top enter edge. Two inch horizontal crack at the upper right corner. Craquelure and visible, restored associated losses at upper right and left. Under UV: Inpainting along edges to address frame abrasion and aforementioned losses. Broadly applied areas of inpainting figure's body. Old varnish fluoresces unevenly.
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