Lot 200
  • 200

Georges Rouault

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Georges Rouault
  • L'Ancien
  • Signed G. Rouault (lower right); titled and numbered (on the reverse); numbered (on the stretcher)
  • Oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 19 3/4 by 17 1/2 in.
  • 50.2 by 44.5 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Thence by descent

Condition

The painting is in good original condition. The impasto is impressive and strong. There is a T shape line of craquelure approximately 3 in. long in the lower right quadrant. There is a small (ca. 1/2 in.) fleck of paint loss associated with this. Further line of craquelure to the lower right quadrant approx. 3 in. long. Minor paint shrinkage to the black pigment of the eye. Under UV light: there is no apparent in-painting to the pigment.
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