Lot 65
  • 65

Othon Friesz

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Othon Friesz
  • L’Entrée du port à Honfleur
  • signed EOthonFriesz (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie de Francony, Nice
Acquired from the above by the current owner in the 1960s-1970s

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a small puncture towards the centre of the upper edge with an associated scratch and some pigment loss. There are fine lines of stable craquelure throughout the composition, not visually distracting. There is a vertical stretcher bar mark. There are a few scattered fly spots. Under UV light there are scattered areas of retouching, predominately to the sky. This work is in fairly good condition.
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