Lot 27
  • 27

János Vaszary

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • János Vaszary
  • Women in the park
  • signed and dated Vaszary J. 1906 upper right
  • oil on canvas
  • 106 by 87.5cm., 41¾ by 34½in.

Provenance

Private collection, New York
Frances Sherba, Baltimore, MD  (acquired from the above in the 1970s); thence by descent

Condition

The canvas has been re-lined. There are no signs of retouching visible under ultraviolet light. Apart from a few flecks of varnish loss at the upper centre, a spot of craquelure to the lower left corner, one small stable tear above the hat of the right-hand figure and a minor repaired tear to the upper centre, and two pinhead-sized flecks of paint loss at the upper right, this work is in very good condition, with fresh, rich colours, and ready to hang. Held in a decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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