Unlined canvas with L. Besnard, Paris supplier's mark on the reverse. Faint stretcher bar marks visible under raking light at edges. Slight yellowing to the varnish layer. Finely patterned craquelure. A small dot of surface abrasion and minor loss at right edge in lower right corner. A very few scattered small dots of discolored accretion. Minor surface dirt and dust. Not examined out of frame due to size.
Under UV: varnish fluoresces green unevenly. No apparent retouching.
Framed Dimensions 30 X 38.25 X 2 Inches
Lot Details
Signed lower right: L. Emile Adan
Sociéte des Artistes Française, Paris, "Salon de 1907," 1907 (as La veilée - Night-time).
Butterfields, San Francisco, California, 1953; Private collection, acquired from the above; Thence by descent; Estate of Jean E. Dallin.
Unlined canvas with L. Besnard, Paris supplier's mark on the reverse. Faint stretcher bar marks visible under raking light at edges. Slight yellowing to the varnish layer. Finely patterned craquelure. A small dot of surface abrasion and minor loss at right edge in lower right corner. A very few scattered small dots of discolored accretion. Minor surface dirt and dust. Not examined out of frame due to size.
Under UV: varnish fluoresces green unevenly. No apparent retouching.
Framed Dimensions 30 X 38.25 X 2 Inches
