Lot Details
Lot 68
French School
19th Century
A Break in the Day
Signed indistinctly (ll)
Oil on canvas
19 x 25 1/2 inches
Unframed
C
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $750 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Glue relined. Heavy craquelure. Frame rubbing. Dirty varnish. 3 /4 inch vertical tear in the upper left sky. Small puncture in the sky in the upper left quadrant. 3/4 inch tear to the right shoulder of the child. 1 x 1/2 inch repair, with corresponding patch on the reverse, to the sky just above the man's hand. Inpainting in the shadows of the woman's dress and in the shadows of the stump behind the child. No other restoration visible under UV light.
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