Manuel García y Rodríguez

Private collection, France

The canvas is unlined. A light stretcher mark corresponding to the outer four stretcher bars is visible, and there is a pattern of hairline craquelure notably in the sky, which is slightly raised. Ultra-violet light reveals two small repairs, one circa 3 by 2cm in the fountain, and another circa 1 by 5cm below this (both patched on the reverse). Some other signs of fluoresce are visible under U.V. light, for example in the upper-left corner, which would not appear to correspond to retouching. The work is otherwise in good overall condition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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Painted circa 1920.