Lot 71
  • 71

Charles Landelle

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Landelle
  • L'Orientale
  • signed Ch. Landelle lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 55.5 by 38.5cm., 22 by 15in.

Provenance

Sale: Gros-Delettrez, Paris, 13 June 2006, lot 428
The Queen Juliana of The Netherlands (her estate sale: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 15 March 2011, lot 765)
Rich Gallery, London
Purchased from the above by the present owner

Condition

The canvas has been relined and is securely attached to its keyed wooden stretcher. Ultra-violet light reveals some fine scattered lines of strengthening in the woman's dress, eyebrows, and in her head. Some strokes are also visible in the far lower left corner. Otherwise, this work is in good condition and is ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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