Lot Details
Lot 1016
Manner of Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of an Elegant Lady in Pearls
Oil on canvas
27 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches (69.9 x 57.2 cm)
Estate of Wallace Fox
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $2,812 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Frame rubbing. Screening varnish inhibits detection of restoration under UV light (though some inpainting is visible in raking light in hair, eyelashes, bosom and along the left edge where frame has abraded surface). Scattered cracquelure. Light surface dirt.
Old Anderson Gallery label on the backing.
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Old Anderson Gallery label on the backing.
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.
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