Lot 145
  • 145

Edward Cucuel

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edward Cucuel
  • Vor dem Spiegel (The Looking-Glass)
  • signed Cucuel upper left; signed and titled Cucuel Vor dem Spiegel on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 80.5 by 65.5cm., 31¾ by 25¾in.

Provenance

Sale: Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, 25 November 1995, lot 150
Purchased by the present owner at the above sale

Condition

The canvas has been re-lined. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, and this work is in overall very good condition and is ready to hang, with rich colours and strong impasto. Held in a simple, brown and white-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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