Lot Details
Lot 2024
Oreste Cortazzo
Italian, b. 1836
The Frustrated Poet, 1875
Signed CORTAZZO and dated 75 (lr)
Oil on cradled panel
14 1/8 x 21 5/8 inches (36 x 55 cm)
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Sold for $15,625 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Frame rubbing. Tiny ding, minor, in the upper left corner. Tiny speck of paint loss at upper right center and another one at the far left center. Scattered craquelure in the sky with scattered inpainting in this same area; small area of fine craquelure at the upper right center. May be some inpainting scattered along the right edge, under frame. There appears to be a very faint 5 1/2 inch hairline scratch at the lower left, may have some spots of inpainting - difficult to detect. No further apparent restoration. Few specs of foreign black pigment in a 1 1/2 inch area at far right center.
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