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Lot 394
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Melvin Charles Warren

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Melvin Charles Warren
  • Rest Stop
  • signed Melville C. Warren and dated 1964, l.r.; titled "Rest Stop" and inscribed This place is just outside/ of San Antonio on the road/ to Boerne on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 by 36 in.
  • 61 by 91.5 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Austin, Texas, 1982-2003
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in fairly good condition; craquelure with slight crazing in sky; a few small, scattered losses from flaking across the lower foreground (generally, the area under horses)--can see undercoat of blue pigment where bits of pigment have come-off UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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