Lot 700: JACQUES ALSINA 19TH/20TH CENTURY THE CHINESE LANTERN 25 1/2 by 19 1/4 in. 65 by 49 cm. signed Alsina (lower right) oil on canvas Condition Note: Canvas is lined. SURFACE: relining has compressed surface somewhat, but there is still good pigment

JACQUES ALSINA 19TH/20TH CENTURY THE CHINESE LANTERN 25 1/2 by 19 1/4 in. 65 by 49 cm. signed Alsina (lower right) oil on canvas Condition Note: Canvas is lined. SURFACE: relining has compressed surface somewhat, but there is still good pigment retention and colors faint craquelure and stretcher marks throughout (flattened and stable UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: scattered inpainting--most of it roughly along the edges; also, scattered tiny, dots of inpaint --on the figure and around her Provenance: Acquired by the father of the present owner, 1948