Lot 367
  • 367

FEDERICO CASTELLÓN | The Harem Favorite

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Federico Castellón
  • The Harem Favorite
  • Signed Castellon (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 23 1/4 by 16 1/8 in.
  • 59 by 41 cm
  • Painted circa 1940.

Provenance

Dr. Raymond Rizutti, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

The canvas is lined. The surface is clean and varnished. Under UV light, there are some strokes of inpainting in the background, mostly in the upper left quadrant to the left of the central figure. There are some small strokes of inpainting in the figure in the doorway. There is a stroke of inpainting in the white arch in the center right of the composition. The work is in good condition.
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