Lot 467
  • 467

Franz von Stuck

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Franz Von Stuck
  • Portrait of the artist's daughter, Mary
  • signed lower right: FRANZ / VON / STUCK
  • oil on board
  • octagonal, 30.5 by 30.5cm., 12 by 12in.

Provenance

Anonymous Sale, London, Christie's, 5 May 1989, lot 145;
Private European Collector;
Purchased from the above by the present owner in 1994.

Condition

The board is flat even and is ensuring a stable support. There is some minor hairline craquelure on the painted surface. Ultra-violet light reveals minor cosmetic retouching along the aforementioned craquelure. The picture is in otherwise good condition and ready to hang. Presented in an octagonal gilt frame with ebonised insert.
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Catalogue Note

Painted in circa 1920.