Lot 256
  • 256

Maximilien Luce

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Maximilien Luce
  • Panorama de Charleroi
  • Oil on canvas
  • 32 by 39 1/2 in.
  • 81.3 by 100.3 cm

Provenance

M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans
Private Collection, Paris 

Condition

The canvas is lined and the edges are reinforced with tape. There are small fly specks at the edge just above the horizon. The canvas is slightly undulated and there are faint horizontal and vertical stretcher bar markers. Under UV light scatted strokes and dots of inpainting are visible throughout the composition, primarily in the sky and along the top edge. This work is in fair condition.
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