Lot 33
  • 33

Gheorghe Petrascu

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gheorghe Petrascu
  • Still Life
  • signed with monogram upper left; dated 1936 upper right

  • oil on canvas
  • 38 by 46cm., 15 by 18¼in.

Provenance

Purchased by the grandfather of the present owners in Romania prior to World War II; thence by descent

Condition

Original canvas. There are a few flecks of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably along the extreme right edge. Apart from a pinhead-sized hole to the canvas at the centre of the upper edge, this work is in very good condition, with rich colours, and ready to hang. Held in a simple, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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