HENRI FANTIN-LATOUR | Nature morte aux prunes

Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Henri Petiot, Paris (acquired in 1931)
W.M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York
Acquired from the above on February 19, 1992

The canvas is not lined. There is frame abrasion and associated losses to all four edges. There is a minor surface stain in the upper right quadrant. There is an extremely minor spot of impact in the top center of the canvas, and some associated minor craquelure. Under UV light: There are two pindot areas of inpainting, one to the orange and one to the table, as well as a few pindot strokes of inpainting to the right half of the bottom edge. The work is in good condition.
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This painting will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Fantin-Latour’s paintings and pastels by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau now in preparation.