Lot 171
  • 171

Maurice de Vlaminck

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Maurice de Vlaminck
  • Paysage
  • Signed Vlaminck (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 35 1/4 by 45 3/4 in.
  • 89.5 by 116.2 cm

Provenance

Charles Marsh, Washington D.C. 
Claudia Elizabeth Haines Marsh, Washington, D.C. (wife of the above)
Robert J. & Antoinette Haskell, Martinsville, Virginia (by descent from the above)
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, n.d.

Condition

Canvas is wax lined. The edges are reinforced with tape. The surface is a bit dirty and there is some cracking, particularly in the thicker light pigments in the sky. There is one spot of paintloss at lower right quadrant and a small area of disturbance in the same quadrant. There is a layer of varnish on the piece. Under UV light areas of pooling varnish fluoresce but no inpainting is apparent save for a few touches along the bottom edge and bottom corners. Works is in generally good condition.
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