Lot 841
  • 841

Paul Charles Chocarne-Moreau

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Charles Chocarne-Moreau
  • Ready to Play
  • signed Chocarne Moreau 8e and dated 1893 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 69 1/4 by 42 7/8 in.; 176 by 109 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Connecticut, acquired circa 1985-89
Thence by descent to present owner, Washington D.C.

Condition

Oil on canvas, with an old wax lining. The surface has been somewhat flattened. There is a line of puckering and lifting along the left edge approximately 4 inches long. There is some scattered shiny green paint across the top of the work. Under UV, there are scattered spots and dashes of retouching throughout, including in the subject's face.
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