Roberto Crippa

Galleria D'Arte, Bergamo

Monza, Villa Reale, Roberto Crippa, 1999, n. 27, p. 50, illustrato

G. Stefanini, R. Crippa, Roberto Crippa Catalogo Generale delle opere, Milano 2007, p. 50, n. 27

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There are two areas of stable craquelures by the black pigment nearby the blue pigment toward the upper part and toward the centre right. There is a minor scratch by the lower right margin. Under the UV light are visible minor retouching along the upper edge toward left and the center, along the right edgetoward the upper part and the lower part, and all along the left and lower edges. There are few minor punctiform retouching by the upper and lower right corners. There are few minor paint losses by the upper centre margin. There is a minor pinhole in the canvas by the upper left corner.
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