Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2535BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 28, 2011 12:00PM
Description:
Andre-Antoine Crochepierre (French, 1860-1937)
Satisfaction / Portrait of a Woman Spinning Yarn with a Distaff and Spindle
Monogram signature and date "AACrochepierre. -1887" l.r., identified on a
presentation plaque.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
Craquelure throughout, two areas of retouch--one to the viewer's left of woman's face measuring approx. 1/4 x 1/2 in., one to the left of the signature measuring approx. 1 x 1/4 in.