Lot 100
  • 100

Francis Vandeveer Kughler

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Francis Vandeveer Kughler
  • New York Skyline from Brooklyn Heights
  • signed Francis Vandeveer Kughler (lower center)
  • oil on masonite
  • 30 by 40 inches
  • (76.2 by 101.6 cm)
  • Painted in 1940.

Provenance

Godel Fine Art, New York

Condition

The painting is oil on masonite. In generally good condition. Varying paint layer with heavy impasto at spots as well as thin areas where masonite texturing shows through. Under ultraviolet light: a 4 inch area of inpainting in center sky, scattered inpainting to address frame abrasion, especially extending from center left to upper left corner, including upper edge, and at right edge center. Inpainting appears mat to unaided eye.
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