Lot 71
  • 71

Antonio Jacobsen

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Antonio Jacobsen
  • 'The Surprise'
  • signed ANTONIO JACOBSEN and dated 1919 (lower right)
  • oil on paperboard
  • 20 by 36 inches
  • (50.8 by 91.4 cm)

Literature

Harold S. Sniffen, Antonio Jacobsen--The Checklist, New York, 1984, no. 2, pp. 282-283

Condition

Oil on paperboard. Surface: In generally good condition aside from three small losses in the sky and craquelure. UNDER UV: There are scattered dots and dashes of inpainting in the sails. There are areas of fluorescence in the sky that appear to be the hand of the artist.
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