Lot 72
  • 72

Luis Ricardo Falero

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Luis Ricardo Falero
  • An Allegory of Art
  • signed FALERO and dated 1892 (upper right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 41 5/8 by 76 1/2 in.
  • 105.7 by 194.3 cm

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, New York, May 25, 1995, lot 318, illustrated
Sale: Artcurial, Paris, December 19, 2006, lot 67, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale

Condition

Unlined. A speck of loss to figure's stomach and small loss in lower left corner. Under UV: Horizontal lines of inpainting in lower left quadrant to address craquelure. Inpainting in upper right quadrant to address old repair, which corresponds to a glue reinforcement on reverse. A few isolated strokes of inpainting scattered around edges.
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