Paul Lucien Dessau
Self-Portrait
Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago
Paul Lucien Dessau
1909-1999
Self-Portrait
signed Paul Dessau and dated '40 (lower left); inscribed The Tired Fireman — After Surrey Dock September 1940 (upper left)
oil on canvas
unframed: 61 by 48.5cm.; 24 by 19in.
framed: 76.5 by 64cm.; 30 by 25in.
Executed in 1940.
This work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined.
Minor frame abrasion along all four edges. The surface is slightly dirty. Minor accretions along the upper register. One pin dot sized loss to the canvas in the upper right quadrant. Small push and spot of lifting to the blue lower right. Small specks of staining to the background.
Under UV light: no inpainting is apparent.
Held in a stained wood frame.
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