Lot 241
  • 241

Carl Schmitz-Pleis

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Carl Schmitz-Pleis
  • Damen Bildnis (Portrait of a Woman)
  • Signed and dated C. Schmitz Pleis 1911 (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 71 1/4 by 39 3/8 in.
  • 181 by 100 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Kunstlerverbindung Niederrhein, Düsseldorf

Condition

Very good condition. Original canvas. Impasto is well-preserved. Under UV light, a few pinhead-size dots of inpainting in background, particularly to the right of the figure in top half. There is also inpainting along the left edge to address frame abrasion and a 1-inch long stroke 2 inches left of the top of the neck.
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