Lot 137: EUGÈNE ZAK | L'Ondine et le Pifferaro

oil on canvas

63,3 x 90 cm; 25 x 35 3/8 in.

oil on canvas

The canvas is not lined. There is an uneven varnish preventing UV ligt from fully penetrating, however examination under UV light appears to reveal intermittent lines and dots of retouching along the extreme edges. There are a few hairline lines of stable craquelure in places, most predominately to the white pigment. There is some frame rubbing along the extreme edges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Eugeniusz Zak 1884-1926, 2003-04, no. 248, illustrated in the catalogue p. 172

Marcel Bernheim, Paris
Acquired from the above in May 1928 and by descent to the present owner