Lot 832
  • 832

Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour
  • Reminiscences of the War
  • signed E. Berne-Bellecour. and dated 1885- (lower right) 
  • oil on panel 
  • 18 by 24 1/8 in.
  • 45.7 by 61.3 cm

Provenance

Acquired through the Prendergast Bequest, 1891

Literature

Descriptive Catalogue of the Art Gallery of the James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, 1906, no. 17 
Katherine E. Manthorne, The Mirror Up to Nature: A Catalogue of 19th and 20th Century Paintings in the Collection of The James Prendergast Library Association, Jamestown, New York, 1982, p. 4, illustrated 

Condition

Oil on stable, cradled panel. Overall the work presents well aside from surface dirt and dust. Under UV: old varnish fluoresces green. There is finely applied inpainting to address old craquelure and finely applied dashes and pinpoint dots of retouching widely scattered throughout.
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