Lot 543
  • 543

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
  • Devant la mer
  • Signed Cassigneul. (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 36 1/8 by 28 5/8 in.
  • 91.7 by 72.7 cm

Provenance

Acquired in Paris circa 1970

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. The impasto has been well preserved. The surface is fairly dirty particularly to the sky at the top of the composition. There are scattered lines of stable cracking throughout the figure's hair. Under UV light: certain pigments fluoresce darkly. A couple small strokes of inpainting are visible in the right side of the figure's hair. The work is in good condition.
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