Lot 42
  • 42

René Pierre Charles Princeteau

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • René Pierre Charles Princeteau
  • Deux artistes peignant
  • Oil on canvas
  • 24 by 19 1/2 in.
  • 60.1 by 49.5 cm

Provenance

Robert von Hirsch, Basel (and sold by the estate: Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1978, lot 727, as French School, 19th Century)
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Basel, Kunsthalle, Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts in Basler Privatbesitz, 1943, no. 305
London, Matthiesen Gallery Ltd., Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1951, no. 3, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Portrait Auguste Rodin)

Condition

Oil on canvas, not lined (??). Surface in generally good condition, aside from some surface dirt and dirty varnish. A few scattered areas of fine pigment separation. Under UV light; a thick green varnish visible.
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