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Condition report
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Oil on canvas in the artist’s frame. Not lined. Possibly partially varnished. Some surface dirt and handling marks in places. Some nicks, some with associated paint losses and some areas of rubbing to the artist’s frame. A crack at each of the four frame corners. Some craquelures throughout, some with associated areas of lifting and some with small paint losses towards the center of the upper edge, between the two cypresses. Some drying cracks mainly in the lower part of the composition. The canvas is uneven in places. Two minute paint losses in the sky in the upper right quadrant. Examined under UV light : a small area of retouching between the two cypresses towards the center of the upper edge.
Huile sur toile dans le cadre de l’artiste. L’œuvre n’est pas rentoilée. L’œuvre est possiblement partiellement vernie. Quelques salissures de surface et marques de manipulation par endroits. Quelques encoches, certaines avec perte de peinture associée et des zones de frottements sur le cadre de l’artiste. Une fissure à chaque coin du cadre. Quelques craquelures sur l’ensemble de la composition, certaines avec des zones de soulèvement associées et d’autres avec de petites pertes de peinture vers le centre du bord supérieur, entre les deux cyprès. Quelques craquelures prématurées, principalement dans la partie inférieure de la composition. La toile est irrégulière par endroits. Deux minuscules pertes de peinture dans le ciel dans le quadrant supérieur droit. Examiné à la lampe à ultra-violets : une petite zone de retouche entre les deux cyprès vers le centre du bord supérieur.