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Materials:

oil on canvas laid down on board

Size Notes:

19? by 16 in.

Edition:

Executed in 1947.

Description:

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Markings:

signed J. Torres-García (lower left) and dated 47 (lower right)

Condition:

This work is in very good condition overall. The board is flat and even. The colors are vibrant, and the media layer is stable. The work is very lightly soiled overall. There is a very minor intermittent fine line of frame abrasion along the extreme left edge of the canvas. Under UV: two 1/4 inch horizontal minor spots of inpainting are present in the lower left quadrant at the edge of the farthest left black tile. Additional fluorescence occurs in the areas of white pigment which is inherent to the pigment selected by the artist. Framed.

Provenance:

Private Collection, Canada (acquired directly from the artist in Montevideo circa 1948) Sotheby's New York, 22 November 1988, lot 244 (consigned by the above) Walter Piazza Tangüis, Lima (acquired from the above) María Cecilia Piazza, Lima (by descent from the above) Thence by descent to the present owner