Lot 45
  • 45

Robert Spear Dunning

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Spear Dunning
  • Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
  • signed R.S. Dunning and dated 1902 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 8 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches
  • (21.5 by 31.6 cm)

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 29, 1986, lot 24
Hirchl & Adler Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Purchased from the above by the present owner

Condition

The painting is lined. Relining has compressed surface - canvas weave shows through on most of surface, although there is good color and detail retention. Under ultraviolet light: peaches and green grapes are clean, dots and dashes of inpainting scattered in background and in red grapes.
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