Lot 157
  • 157

Claude Venard

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Claude Venard
  • La Cirque
  • Signed C. Venard (lower left); inscribed N.Y. 4005 and No 4 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 51 1/8 by 63 3/4 in.
  • 130 by 162 cm

Provenance

Galerie Félix Vercel, Paris
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner circa 1973

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. The canvas is somewhat slack on the stretcher. There is a stable fine web of craquelure that extends over the entire picture surface. There are some very minor abrasions and associated losses at the extreme edges. Lines of drippy varnish fluoresce in the lower right corner but there are no apparent inpaints visible. In overall good condition.
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