Lot 70
  • 70

Géza Vastagh

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Géza Vastagh
  • Resting Tigers
  • signed Vastagh Géza lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 53 by 113cm., 20¾ by 44½in.

Exhibited

Budapest, Műcsarnok, Néhai Vastagh Géza Kiállításanak Tárgymutatója, 1920, cat. no. 39 (as Pihenő jávai tigrisek (Resting Japanese Tigers))

Condition

The canvas has been lined. This picture presents very well and is overall in good condition. Ultra-violet light reveals three circa 4 x 4cm areas of restoration in the sky and a circa 2 x 6cm area in the tiger to the left, all possibly addressing some old repairs, and some other scattered spots notably in the ground and in the background. The picture is ready to hang. Presented in a decorative black and gilt frame.
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