Lot 41
  • 41

JÁNOS KMETTY | Landscape near Kassa

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • János Kmetty
  • Landscape near Kassa
  • signed Kmetty lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 55 by 68cm., 21½ by 26¾in.

Provenance

Private collection, Hungary (by 2010)
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 2016 

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. There are some small areas of paint lifting which might benefit from consolidation, notably: - one fine vertical line above the tree in the right hand side of the composition; - a small area to the right of the church's tower bell, and; - a small area in the sky in the upper left quadrant. A circa 6 by 6cm patch is visible on the reverse in the upper left corner. However, this does not seem to be immediately associated with any restoration visible on the front. This work presents very well and is overall in good condition. Presented in a silver frame.
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