HENRY MORET | Avant l'orage en Bretagne

Durand-Ruel, Paris & New York
Wildenstein & Co., Paris & New York
Acquired from the above

Geneva, Galerie des Granges, Les Post-Impressionnistes de la Galerie Durand-Ruel, 1973, no. 50

The canvas is not lined. There are intermittent losses along the edges, relating to frame rubbing, most notable along the right and left edges. There is a vertical stretcher bar mark, most visible in a raked light. There are scattered fine lines of craquelure throughout. There is a cluster of fly spots towards the center of the upper edge. Under UV light, there are some spots of inpainting along the lower edge associated to the aforementioned frame abrasions.This work is in overall good condition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Jean-Yves Rolland.