Lot 151
  • 151

Antoine Vollon 1833-1900

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Antoine Vollon
  • Spring Flowers in a Green Vase
  • signed A. Vollon and dated 1864 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 3/8 by 15 1/8 in.
  • 46.6 by 38.4 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 1987, lot 389, illustrated
Private Collection, Netherlands

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Gebr. Douwes Fine Art, French Masters, 19th and 20th Century, June 3-July 3, 1997
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Antoine Vollon (1833-1900), "A Painter's Painter", October 27-January 7, 2005, no. 66

Condition

Old wax and glue linings. Widely patterned stable craquelure throughout. Under UV: inpainting to address cracking, particularly in vase and blossoms, and at upper and left edges to address frame abrasion. Varnish fluoresces throughout.
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