FERDINAND DU PUIGAUDEAU | Le Manège de nuit et fête foraine

Sale: Douillard-Sanson, Nantes, June 17, 1987
Sale: Christie's, South Kensington, June 22, 2000, lot 36
Galerie du Post-Impressionnisme, Paris
Acquired from the above on September 20, 2007

Pont-Aven, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pont-Aven, Exposition Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, 1998, no. 16, illustrated in the catalogue
Morlaix, France, Musée des Jacobins, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, 1998, no. 16, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Hammer Galleries, Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, 2002, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie La Cymaise, Deux peintres bretons de l’école de Pont-Aven, 2003, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Antoine Laurentin, Catalogue raisonné des peintures de Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, vol. I, Paris, 1989, no. 1, illustrated p. 250 

The canvas has not been lined. The edges of the canvas have been reinforced with tape. There are some scattered lined of hairline craquelure in the sky. There are a couple nailhead losses along the left edge as well as a nailhead sized loss to the upper edge, at left. There is some minor frame abrasion along all edges. Under UV light, there are some scattered pindot strokes of inpainting in the figure's faces at lower right. There are a couple other scattered pindot strokes of inpainting along the top edge and in the sky. There are some possible strokes of inpainting along the lower edge and along the lower part of the left edge. A milky varnish obscures further reading. The work is in good condition.
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