Lot 128
  • 128

Claude Venard

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Claude Venard
  • Le Modèle
  • Signed C. Venard (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 57 1/2 by 38 in.
  • 146 by 96.5 cm
  • Painted circa 1960.

Provenance

Galerie Felix Vercel, Paris
Acquired from the above

Condition

Oil on canvas, not lined. Canvas is slightly slack on the stretcher. Surface in generally good condition, colors are bright and fresh. Some surface dirt, impasto is well maintained. Some areas of scattered fine craquelure visible in areas of thinly applied paint. There are some areas of flaking visible in the upper right hand corner. Under UV light; areas fluoresce in lower right quadrant, possible inpainting.
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