Lot 801
  • 801

Herbert Arnould Olivier

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Herbert Arnould Olivier
  • Late Autumn, Asolo 
  • signed Herbert A Olivier and dated 1937. (lower left); signed and inscribed No 2 by Herbert. A. Olivier/ 7 Airlie Gardens/ London/ W.8./ Late Autumn - Asolo (on an old label attached to the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 37 1/2 by 50 in.
  • 95.3 by 127 cm

Provenance

By descent through the Olivier family
Private Collection, Europe (and sold, Sotheby's, New York, January 31, 2014, lot 689, illustrated) 
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1938, no. 326
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Sixty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1938 (according to a label on the stretcher) 

Condition

Lined. The surface is bright and the colors remain vibrant. There is some minor frame abrasion and associated discoloration visible along the upper edge in current framing. Under UV: there are finely applied, brushy areas of inpainting scattered throughout the trees, and a few additional small areas of inpainting in the village and background. There is some older, broad fluorescence in the valley in the background.
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