FERDINAND DU PUIGAUDEAU | 14 Juillet, fête forain

Schiller & Bodo, New York
Acquired from the above in 2006

This work is in good condition. The canvas is unlined. The canvas appears to have been re-stretched. The colors present well. There is a very faint horizontal stretcher bar mark in the lower right quadrant. Under UV light: one 5 inch horizontal line of in-painting along the stretcher bar mark. Some possible strokes along the extreme stretched edges of the canvas.
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This work will be included in the second volume of the catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work being prepared by Antoine Laurentin.