Morizech, Paris
Wildenstein Arte S.A., Buenos Aires
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1959

Cincinnati, Wildenstein & Co., French Painters of the Twentieth Century, 1939, no. 34

Canvas is lined. Some thin vertical cracking in thicker pigments throughout sky is minor. Under UV light: several lines of inpainting, the longest of which is approximately six inches to address repaired tears at the center of the lower right quadrant. In addition there are two small strokes of inpainting near the center of the left edge as well as a few pin-dots at upper left corner, a one centimeter area of retouching in the sky near center of upper left quadrant as well as another large dot at center of right edge and several pin-dots scattered throughout the sky in the upper right quadrant and a few small strokes near lower right corner, otherwise fine. Work is in fairly good condition.
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