Alexis Grimou

Paul Hardy, Esq., London, by 1894;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 16 April 1926, lot 78, there purchased by F. Sabin;
With Galerie Lewis and Son, Paris & London, 1990.

London, Grafton Galleries, Fair Women, Summer 1894, no. 191.

The canvas is lined. The surface of the work is in good condition. There is faint craquelure, mainly in the upper portion of the painting. Paint is fading in the face of the subject. Under UV; inpainting around all edges of the work and scattered retouching.
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