François Gall

Private Collection, South America (and sold: Christie's, New York, June 24, 2014, lot 26)
Acquired at the above sale by the present the owner

The medium is oil on canvas. The canvas is not lined. There is some craquelure scattered throughout, with a small, concentrated area in the lower left quadrant, just below the basket next to the woman lying face-down. There is some frame rubbing with a small associate loss in the extreme lower left corner (barely visible), and a retouched associated loss in the upper right corner. There is a raised area of canvas at the center of the right edge, with a pinhead sized loss. There is a faint stretcher bar mark along the top edge. Under UV: there is some minor retouching visible in the extreme upper right and lower left corners. The work presents well overall.
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