Private Collection, Connecticut
Private Collection, Georgia

This canvas is unlined, with light craquelure throughout. There is a visible repaired scratch in the center fish. The canvas has light stretcher bar marks. UNDER UV: Inpainting associated with the aforementioned scratch. There is a small hole or abrasion that has been repaired in the center left. Specks of paint loss upper right hand quadrant. The varnish is slightly uneven.
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