Lot 177
  • 177

Georges Terzian

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Georges Terzian
  • La Guitare cassée
  • Signed G. Terzian (lower left); titled (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 3/4 by 15 in.; 55 by 38 cm

Provenance

Galerie Giovanni, Paris (acquired directly from the artist's studio)
Acquired from the above

Condition

Oil on canvas, not lined. Surface in generally good condition, aside from one quarter inch area of loss at upper center. A three inch abrasion at extreme lower center. Surface dirt and dirty varnish. Under UV light; uneven varnish and active pigment fluoresces.
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