Léopold Survage

Galerie de L'Effort Moderne, (then owned by Léonce Rosenberg), Paris
Private Collection, New York
Thence by descent
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

This painting is in good condition. The canvas has been lined. The surface is stable and the canvas is wellstretched. The painting is slightly dirty and dull. Under ultraviolet light we can see that the pale blue shapes at upper right and upper left have received retouches and the building as it extends towards the extreme left edge in the center has also received some retouches. Elsewhere, there are hardly any retouches to speak of. We assume that the slight thinness in these pale blue shapes in the upper right and upper left is intentional and that the retouches defy the artist's wishes. This can be ascertained when the picture is cleaned. Overall, the picture is in very good state. The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com , an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
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