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May 13, 2016 04:00 PMCalender
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Continental School, 19th/20th Century City View with Bridge

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2896BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 13, 2016 4:00PM

Description:

Continental School, 19th/20th Century

City View with Bridge
Signed indistinctly and dated "...1900" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 13 x 9 3/8 in. (33.0 x 24.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Canvas deformation, accretions, surface grime.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Scattered tiny dots of white pigment to the surface. Very minor, stable craquelure in some areas of highest impasto Minor canvas deformation, primarily along the right edge. Significant grime.

With a label from Aldridge Brothers, Gilders and Framemakers, Printsellers and Artists Colormen, Worthing (Sussex, England) on the back of the frame.

Frame bears a handwritten label "No. 51/The Brook/..." which must relate to a paiting that occupied the frame at an earlier time.

Early examination of the signature on this work was thought to be possibly Vlaminck, the palette and the scene being somewhat reminiscent of his very early works in the area of Chaton, Seine-et-Oise. However, when the painting was presented to the Wildenstein Institute, this work was not accepted
by the Comité Vlaminck for the catalogue raisonné.


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