Estate of the Artist
Bowers Collection, Paris (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners in the 1950s

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on canvas. There is some undulation due to the laying down process, upper and lower corners resulting in some slight rubbing and discoloration to the protruding areas. There is a small support loss to the upper right corner below wich there is a pinhole, there are three pinholes to the lower left corner and there are a few tears and paper losses to the centre of the lower edge through which the canvas can be seen. There is a small pinhole towards the upper left corner and a small repaired tear is visible to the extreme upper left corner. There are some small foxing marks. This work is in overall fairly good condition
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