Lot 204
  • 204

GENIEVE FIGGIS | Piano Lesson

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Genieve Figgis
  • Piano Lesson
  • acrylic on panel
  • 24 by 32 in. 60.9 by 81.3 cm.
  • Executed in 2014.

Provenance

Half Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Under close inspection, there are some signs of handling and wear to the extreme edges, with a few associated scattered and unobtrusive pinpoint losses to the pigment, most notably to the bottom left corner. Further close inspection reveals two opaque milky white accretions ΒΌ inch in diameter, 7 inches from the bottom edge and 9 inches from the right edge, the second approximately 2 inches above. Upon further close inspection, there is a very fine and stable network of thin drying cracks 10 inches from the top along the right edge inherent to the artist's chosen medium and working process. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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