Lot 258
  • 258

Émile-Othon Friesz

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Émile-Othon Friesz
  • La Crique
  • Signed E. Othon Friesz and dated 12 (lower right) 
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 1/2 by 25 7/8 in.
  • 54.7 by 65.7 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, U.K.
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above circa 2003)
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Canvas is strip lined and the edges are reinforced with tape. Surface is clean. Some scattered hairline cracking in the thicker pigments and a minor surface abrasion in the deep blue towards lower left corner. Under UV light a handful of scattered pindots of inpainting fluoresce, primarily in the sky, otherwise fine.
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