Lot 1: GIAN FILIPPO USELLINI | The masks

Oil on canvas

53.5 x 73 cm ; 21 by 28  3/4 in.

Oil on canvas

This painting is in good, virtually original condition. The canvas is unlined and appears to be on its original stretcher. There are some spots of paint flaking in the signature in the lower left, and horizontal rubbing to the one in the upper right (visible in the illustration). Ultraviolet light reveals no notable signs of retouching. Colours are slightly lighter in the original with less of a brownish tone than in the catalogue illustration
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