Lot 27
  • 27

Joaquín Peinado

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joaquín Peinado
  • Still Life with Fruit Bowls
  • signed Peinado upper right
  • oil on canvas
  • 81 by 100cm., 32 by 39¼in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1985

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. There is a pattern of craquelure throughout the surface with some associated scattered spots of flaking, notably in the brown background to the upper right, in the grape in the centre of the composition and in the upper left quadrant. Ultra-violet light reveals scattered spots of retouching, including: strokes along the upper and right edge, clusters in the vase with the grapes and in the light green bottle in the upper right quadrant. Overall, the work presents well. Presented in a gilt frame.
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Catalogue Note

See note to lot 11.