盧齊歐·封塔納

Galleria Dell'Ariete, Milan
Private Collection, Paris
Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon (gifted from the above in 1971)

This work is in very good condition. Under close inspection, the unframed canvas exhibits some faint signs of wear, possibly accretions or light abrasions, along the bottom of the right edge, and the bottom left corner. In the lower right quadrant, two faint diagonal clear drips are evident near the design's white linear border. Under ultraviolet light, there are two possible retouches: one is a vertical 1 ½" linear retouch associated with a hairline crack still visible at the lower end, located in the lower right corner; another is a 2" diagonal line in the upper left corner. The canvas is unframed with glossy white tape applied to all lateral sides of the pull margin.
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