Lot 41
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CECIL CROSLEY BELL | Ice Skaters, Central Park

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Cecil Crosley Bell
  • Ice Skaters, Central Park
  • signed CECIL C. BELL (lower right); also bears estate stamps (on the stretcher) 
  • oil on canvas
  • 30 by 40 inches
  • (76.2 by 101.6 cm)
  • Painted in 1938.

Provenance

The artist
Estate of the above
Agatha Bell (his wife)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

The canvas is lined and the edges are trimmed. There is scattered surface cracking, a few pindots of possible loss and the work appears to be slightly dirty. Under UV: the work retains an uneven varnish; there are some scattered lines and pindots of inpainting.
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