Lot 13
  • 13

Ker Xavier Roussel

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Ker Xavier Roussel
  • La Fontaine de Jouvence
  • Oil on canvas
  • 29 by 45 in.
  • 73.7 by 114.3 cm.

Provenance

Acquired prior to 1963

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. The artist's pinholes are visible in the lower corners and in the center of the lower edge. The picture surface is in generally fair condition with a web of minor, stable craquelure, with some more noticeable vertical lines of craquelure visible in the upper left quadrant. There are four areas of loss in the yellow at upper right; none of these areas is larger than 1/2 inch in size. Under UV: there are no apaprent signs of inpainting.
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