Lot 28
  • 28

Marie-François Firmin-Girard

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Marie-François Firmin-Girard
  • Au bord du Sichon
  • signed FIRMIN-GIRARD. and dated 1878. (lower right)
  • oil on panel
  • 14 3/8 by 10 1/4 in.
  • 36.5 by 26 cm

Exhibited

Probably, Paris, Salon, 1878, no. 1022

Literature

Probably, Paul Girard, Firmin-Girard, par son petit-fils, Orléans, 1988, p. 24, no. 52 (incorrectly listed as on canvas)

Condition

On a stable, cradled panel. Under UV: Heavy varnish fluoresces green, evidence of inpainting to address frame abrasion along right side of composition.
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