Lot 75: WALTER MACEWEN 1860-1943 YOUNG GIRL READING BY THE WINDOW

signed MacEwen, l.r.

oil on canvas

Condition Note:

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition, overall; craquelure throughout (looks stable); abrasion along upper edge UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: for the most part, picture is "clean"--a few faint specks of inpaint on girl's hair, right eye and the outline of the left side of her face; a few specks along left edge; BUT--a large area, about 2 by 11 in. of solid inpainting at lower left--covers most of red floor--starts just left of the left leg of table and goes to left edge (goes up to just below her foot)

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21 1/2 by 18 in.<br><br>54.5 by 45.5 cm.