Severin Roesen

Private Collection
Private Collection, Connecticut
Childs Gallery, Boston
The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire (circa 1985-2002)
Babcock Galleries, New York
Private collection, Pennsylvania (Sold: Heritage, Dallas, November 11-12, 2009, lot 66017)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Judith Hansen O'Toole, Severin Roesen, Lewisburg, 1992, p. 136

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: good condition, generally; shiny, old varnish UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: inpainting throughout; while most of the foreground (fruit) is clean, there is a long, horizontal line that runs across much of the center of work--repaired tear or heavy crack (?); several repaired tears, cracqelure fill-in, spots, etc.; center area (fruits, etc) was cleaned at one time, as this area is clear, whereas darks in background appear to have been left under old varnish and are more opaque
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