Lot 301
  • 301

MAURICE BOMPARD | The Colleoni Statue, Venice

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maurice Bompard
  • The Colleoni Statue, Venice
  • titled and signed l.l.: Le Colleoni/ Fait à Venise/ Maurice Bompard'; titled, signed and inscribed on a label attached to the stretcher  
  • oil on canvas
  • 68.5 by 91cm., 27 by 36in.

Exhibited

Venice, Exposition Internationale Des Beaux-Arts, 1924;
Glasgow, McLellan Galleries, The Thistle Foundation, Pictures from a Private Collection, March 1951, no.188

Condition

Original canvas. There is a slightly discoloured layer of surface varnish and some surface dirt. Otherwise the work appears to be in very good original condition with passages of rich impasto. UV light inspection reveals no evidence of any retouching or restoration. Held in a moulded gilt composition frame.
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