Lot 422
  • 422

Gustave Loiseau

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gustave Loiseau
  • Grand paysage de printemps
  • Signed G Loiseau (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 23 1/2 by 31 7/8 in.
  • 59.7 by 81 cm

Provenance

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, October 30, 1995, lot 61
Acquired by the present owner in 2015

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The canvas is not lined. The pigments are bright and fresh and the impasto is well-preserved. There are some fine, thin vertical lines of craquelure scattered throughout. Under UV light a few scattered areas of inpainting are visible in the sky, in the upper right hand corner, along the upper edge and one small stroke in the center of the sky. There is a possible ½ inch area of inpainting corresponding to a patch on the reverse in the lower left quadrant. Otherwise fine.
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