Lot 52: * OTTO SOMMER ACTIVE 1860-1870

signed Otto Sommer and dated N.Y. 1868, l.l.

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Lined canvas. The surface is in generally good condition and with slightly yellowed varnish. Under UV light: careful cleaning with lower half partially under original varnish; a circa 2 inch diagonal, repaired tear at lower right edge, near the corner; another 1 inch repaired tear at lower center, under the bridge; both repairs are carefully retouched; very fine scattered retouching in the sky, predominantly in the upper right quadrant; other small retouches to the background.

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27 1/2 by 40 1/2 in.<br><br>70 by 103 cm.

PROPERTY FROM THE CIGNA MUSEUM AND ART COLLECTION