Lot 531
  • 531

Ettore Simonetti

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Ettore Simonetti
  • Afternoon Lessons
  • signed Ettore Simonetti / Roma (lower right)
  • watercolor and gouache on paper, heightened with gum arabic, mounted on board, unframed
  • 22 1/4 by 33 1/4 in.; 56.5 by 84.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Milwaukee
Gifted by the above to the grandmother of the present owner circa early 1930s
Thence by descent in the family of the present owner

Condition

Watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard. Unframed. The edges of the sheet are uneven with adhesions; the work appears to have been glued to a mat at some point and removed. The colors are fresh and lively and the sheet appears to be in overall good condition.
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