Lot 105
  • 105

Lee Lufkin Kaula 1865 - 1957

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lee Lufkin Kaula
  • Reading
  • signed Lee Lufkin Kaula, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 39 1/2 by 32 1/2 in.
  • 100.3 by 82.6 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Condition

Canvas is lined (canvas is stiff and taut, leading one to assume there may be a thin board of some kind between the original canvas and the new one) SURFACE: in good condition, generally; while there is some compressing to surface from relining, retention of pigment texture is good; craquelure throughout (stable) UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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