Lot 120
  • 120

Mabel Alvarez

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Mabel Alvarez
  • Flower Shop
  • signed ALVAREZ (lower left); titled FLOWER SHOP (on the stretcher)
  • oil on canvas
  • 39 3/4 by 29 3/4 inches
  • (101 by 75.6 cm)
  • Painted circa 1954.

Provenance

Private Collection, Los Angeles

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition aside from craquelure in the areas of heavier impasto. There are two pieces of tape adhered to the surface of the painting and seem to be the intention of the artist. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting; there is an uneven varnish.
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