JOAN SNYDER | Fugue

Parker Street 470 Gallery, Boston 
Acquired from the above by the present owner in April 1972 

This work is in very good condition overall. Under very close inspection there is stable cracking in some of the impasto portion of the canvas with one minor associated loss less than 2 inch in size in the center of the composition, 82 inches from the right edge. Under further close inspection there is minor pigment separation, most notably in the green paint scattered throughout the canvas. Under Ultraviolet light, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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