Lot 331
  • 331

Georges Washington French, 1827-1910

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Georges Washington
  • Rencontre Fortuite
  • signed G. Washington l.l.

  • oil on canvas

  • 46 by 66cm., 18 by 26in.

Exhibited

Ornans, Musée Courbet, Les Orientalistes chez Courbet, 2001, no. 96

Condition

Original canvas. There are three small spots of retouching in the sky visible under ultraviolet light, notably one towards the centre of the left edge corresopnding to a small patched repair in the canvas. Apart from some faint craquelure and a few tiny specks of pigment loss, the paint surface is in good condition. The colours are slightly warmer than they appear in the catalogue illustration. Held in a fluted plaster moulded gilt frame.
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