Estate of the artist
Private Collection, Philadelphia (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 7th October 1989, lot 23)
Acquired by the present owner in 2008

Executed on cream wove paper, hinged to the mount in the top two corners, floating in the mount. There is an artist's pinhole to the lower right corner. The sheet has been laid down onto thin supportive paper. There are small areas of repaired tears with associated paper infill, mainly along the upper and lower edges and to the upper right corner and some further areas of paper loss with associated paper infill along all four edges, though mainly to the upper edge. Apart from some handling creases to the edges, this work is in overall good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration though the paper tone is warmer in the original.
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