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Condition report
A Christie's specialist may contact you to discuss this lot or to notify you if the condition changes prior to the sale.
The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.
In addition to the catalogue description:
West: - the full sheet, with a deckle edge above and below. - the colours attenuated. - the sheet unevenly time-stained recto, with paler, uneven time-staining verso. - hinged with tape at various points verso, with remains of old hinging. Otherwise as described. Framed (with perspex).
North: - the full sheet, with a deckle edge above and below. - the sheet previously rolled, with some resultant flattened creasing. - a flattened 50 mm. horizontal crease in the centre of the image, with resultant pink ink loss. - a diagonal flattened crease (70 mm.) at the lower left corner. - numerous skillfully, repaired nicks at the extreme lower sheet edge. - four skillfully repaired tears in the upper margin, with the longest (110 mm.) extending into the image. - the colours attenuated. - the sheet unevenly time-stained recto, with paler, uneven time-staining verso. - scuffs and skinning from old hinging verso.
East: - the full sheet, with a deckle edge above and below. - the sheet previously rolled, with some resultant flattened creasing, predominantly visible in the lower margin and in the silver. - three skillfully repaired tears in the lower margin (the longest 35 mm.). - a flattened vertical crease (100 mm.) at the upper left corner. - the colours attenuated. - the sheet unevenly time-stained recto, with paler, uneven time-staining verso. - scuffs and skinning from old hinging verso.
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