Lot 705
  • 705

Thomas Ender

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Thomas Ender
  • A Gothic Memorial in a Park, a Bridge and Lake Beyond
  • signed TE (lower right)
  • oil on paperboard
  • 8 by 10 in.
  • 20.3 by 25.4 cm

Provenance

The Cooling Galleries, London 

Condition

Oil on paperboard. The surface is in good condition overall, aside from minor, finely patterned craquelure at lower center; frame abrasion along the lower edge and in the lower corners; and barely perceptible pinpoint dots of discoloration scattered in the sky. Under UV: very finely applied pinpoint dots and dashes of retouching are widely scattered. Lines of inpainting to address frame abrasion are visible along the edges of the lower half of the composition.
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