Description:
Joseph Auguste Rousselin (French, 19th Century)
La Foire de la St.-Martin à Pau
Signed and dated "J.A. Rousselin/Pau. 11 Mars 1885" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 101 x 76 in. (256.5 x 193.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Puncture to l.c., scattered paint losses, abrasions, craquelure, canvas deformation to l.r. corner, surface grime.
Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Wednesday, October 13, 1993, Lot 131.
Estimate $30,000-50,000
Stencil from Sante & Fils, M... /Emballeurs,10 rue Lamothe PAU, on the stretcher.
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