Lot 117
  • 117

Paul-Emmanuel Péraire 1829-1893

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Paul-Emmanuel Péraire
  • The Seine Below Paris
  • signed P. Péraire lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 by 85 1/2 in.
  • 127 x 217.1 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, New York, October 25, 1996, lot 11

Condition

Lined canvas. Craquelure through the thick paint in the upper half, particularly upper left quadrant. Under UV light: very large areas of inpainting in upper right quadrant, possibly to repaired tears; other smaller areas of inpainting along all edges; generally, a lot of work through entire canvas.
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