Lot 24
  • 24

Samuel Mützner

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Samuel Mützner
  • The Kitano Shinto Shrine, Kyoto
  • signed and dated S. MUTZNER 1913 KYOTO lower right; signed and with an extensive inscription dated New York March 1916 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 53.5 by 65cm., 21 by 25½in.

Provenance

Louis Ralston, New York

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. Ultra-violet light reveals only minimal signs of retouching: primarily a few scattered pinhead-sized spots in the sky and in the lower right corner, to the right of the signature. There is a small loss in the canvas at the extreme left framing edge, below the centre, which may well be original. This work is in good condition, the impasto well-preserved, and ready to hang. Presented in a gilt 'Whistler' style frame.
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