Lot 9Vaclav Brozik
Czech, 1851-1901
A Daughter of Pharoah
Signed VBROZIK with conjoined initials (ll); stamped with wax seal SUCCESSION v. deBROZIK/PARIS 1901 on the stretcher
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 3/8 inches (65 x 54.3 cm)
Provenance:
The artist
Wanamaker Gallery, New York, circa 1902, no. 151
Exhibited:
New York, Wanamaker Art Gallery, 1902, no. 151, p. 28 of the exhibition catalogue
C
Sold for $18,750
Estimate $7,000-10,000
Dirty varnish. Frame rubbing. Glue lined. Edges with paper-tape. Partially visible stretcher mark at right. Tiny spots of inpainting scattered in the woman's face, neck and decolletage. Scattered inpainting around the upper right stretcher mark, in the upper left quadrant, outlining her shoulder at left center and surrounding her hair. Unable to detect further restoration under UV light through the varnish.
Labelled no. 151 on the stretcher.
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