Alexandre Calame

Sotheby's, Zürich, 17.6.1998, Nr. 77
Internationale Privatsammlung

Valentina Anker, Alexandre Calame, Vie et oeuvre, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Fribourg 1987, S. 436, Nr. 666, abgebildet
Auktionskatalog, Sotheby's, Zürich 1998, Nr. 77

Two specks of paint losses on the upper, left edge. Some paint losses along a vertical line, ca. 10 cm, above the centrem. Light accretions in the sky. Scattered, minor retouchings visible under uv-light, along the edges, in the sky, a slightly larger one, in the shape of a line, above the centre, which is also faintly visible when not examined under uv-light. Varnish slightly yellowed. Otherwise good condition.
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Gemalt 1857-1861.

Laut Valentina Anker stammt die Signatur vom Sohn Arthur Calame, der zu dieser Zeit mit seinem Vater des öfteren zusammenarbeitete.