Private Collection, France

The canvas is strip lined. The upper left quadrant has been extensively retouched. There are further clusters of retouching to the yellow road in the foreground, to the right of the top edge and to the centre of the tree. All retouching is visible under UV light. Apart from scattered spots of retouching near all four corners, this work is in fairly good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration.
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