Lot 405
  • 405

Jean Metzinger

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jean Metzinger
  • La Violoniste
  • Signed Metzinger and inscribed 14 (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 25 by 18 1/8 in.
  • 63.5 by 46 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe
Sale: Picard Scp., Paris, June 22, 1994, lot 36
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 9, 1994, lot 278
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie de l'Institut, Rétrospective Metzinger, 1955, n.n.

Condition

The canvas is lined and strip-lined.There is a layer of varnish preventing the UV light from fully penetrating, however UV examination reveals retouching to parts of all four extreme edges, some spots of retouching in places along the upper and lower edge, with a 2 by 2 in. spot towards the upper left corner. There are fine and stable lines of craquelure predominantly to the upper half. This work is in generally good condition.
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