MARIE LAURENCIN | Deux danseuses et un cavalière devant un pont

Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal
Acquired from the above

Montreal, Galerie Walter Klinkoff, Suzanne Valadon, Marie Laurencin, 1981, no. 37

Daniel Marchesseau, Marie Laurencin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre, vol. I, Tokyo, 1999, no. 1224, illustrated p. 495

This work is in good condition. The canvas has not been lined. The colors are fresh and present nicely. Some scattered accretions toward the center of the bottom edge. Some fine lines of craquelure to the center of the composition. Some fine frame abrasion to the upper and lower edges as well as to the left edge with some transference of pigment from the frame. There are nailhead sized losses to the lower right and to the lower left corners, most likely due to aforementioned frame abrasion. Under UV light: a nailhead size area of inpainting toward the center of the lower edge with a few additional strokes in the lower right corner. Otherwise, fine.
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