L13007

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Lot 500
  • 500

Claude Venard

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Claude Venard
  • Pierrot no. 25
  • signed C. Venard (lower right); dated 1969 and titled (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 100.5 by 81.2cm., 39 5/8 by 32in.

Provenance

Mr & Mrs Robert Alvarez (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired directly from the Estate of the above by the present owner

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a milky varnish through which the UV light cannot fully penetrate but there is no evidence of retouching. There is some minor surface dirt in places and a small paint loss to the centre of the right edge. Otherwise this work is in overall very good condition, there is a lovely rich impasto the white and light blue pigments. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though slightly less pink in the original.
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