Lot 127
  • 127

Leon Gaspard

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Leon Gaspard
  • A Russian Autumn
  • signed Leon Gaspard, inscribed Moscow, and dated 1959 (lower right); titled A Russian Autumn and inscribed location / Novgorod Cathedral / church / Back of Moscow (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas laid down on paperboard
  • 22 by 21 1/4 inches
  • (55.9 by 54 cm)

Provenance

Pauline Gillespie Townsend, Wichita, Kansas, 1960-63 (acquired directly from the artist)
By descent to the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas laid down on paperboard. Surface: In generally good condition aside from a few scattered areas of craquelure, scattered pinholes at extreme edges and minor frame abrasion. Colors are bright and vibrant and paint is applied with thick impasto. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting; some pigments actively fluoresce.
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