Lot 220
  • 220

Dean Cornwell

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Dean Cornwell
  • Study of Pirates
  • signed with the artist's initials DC and dated 28 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 1/8 by 34 1/4 inches

Provenance

Private Collection, 1955
By descent from the above to the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In fair condition with scattered cracking along lower edge, pindots of loss in upper right quadrant, pigment separation at lower left corner, surface dirt, and dirty varnish. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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