Lot 44
  • 44

Léopold-Franz Kowalski

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Léopold-Franz Kowalski
  • A Game of Diabolo
  • signed L. Kowalski (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 73 1/4 by 49 1/4 in.
  • 186 by 125 cm

Condition

Unlined. Under UV: Spots of inpainting around figure’s nose and lip and along left and right edges to address frame abrasion.
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Catalogue Note

The Tennis Game, the pendant of the present work, was sold in these rooms on May 9, 1998, lot 264 for $107,000.  Smaller versions of both works were sold in these rooms on April 18, 2007, lot 65.