Lot 5
  • 5

Byron Browne

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Byron Browne
  • Head
  • signed Byron Browne dated 1938 (lower center)
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 1/4 by 24 inches
  • (71.8 by 61 cm)

Provenance

Washburn Gallery, New York
John Post Lee Fine Art, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 1988

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition overall; scattered fine craquelure throughout with pigment separation in the darks at center. Under UV: minor, scattered inpainting; while the signature is under the original varnish, the date, "1938", fluoresces--was added later
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