Lot 40
  • 40

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
  • Nu
  • Signed Cassigneul (lower right); signed again, dated 1965 and titled (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 33 by 23 in.
  • 83 by 58 cm
  • Painted in 1965.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: in generally good condition aside from several horizontal lines of craquelure visible mostly around the center of the canvas. UNDER UV: there are numerous strokes of repainting in the upper left quadrant as well as to the left of the figures head. There are two pinhead dots of retouching in the figures right cheek and shoulder. Several other pigments fluoresce but appear to be original.
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