(i) Executed in 1979gouache on paper(i) Signed Jean Hugo towards lower left ; dedicated à François Michel en souvenir de sa visite a Gourques 12.VII.81 Jean Hugo on the reverse ; (ii) signed Jean Hugo lower left

(i) In a wooden articulated frame. Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, affixed to the overmount at all four corners with tape. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. There is a tiny pigment loss above the signature. This work is in overall very good condition. (ii) In a wooden articulated frame. Executed on cream wove paper, not laid dowm, hinged to the overmount at one point along the upper edge with tape. Upper, left and lower edges ae deckled with associated nicks. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. There are a few minor creases along the extreme edges, a few flecks of pigment loss notably to the central cloud and a few faint handling marks along the extreme edges (not visible when framed). There are three tiny dark dots, possibly pigment, in the blue hill. This work is in overall very good condition.
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