Alice Neel

Private Collection, New York (gift of the artist)

This work is in good condition overall. The edges of the canvas are strip lined and the canvas has been restretched. There are small punctures intermittently along the turning edges from the nails used with previous stretcher. There is scattered fine craquelure and surface soiling throughout with a few pinpoint accretions. Under Ultraviolet light, there are a few very minor areas of inpainting evident. Framed.
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