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This work has not been examined unframed. The canvas is slightly slack and slight soiling is occasional. A stretcher bar impression is to center. Minor wear and rubbing is to the corner-tips and turning edges and fine hairline tension cracking is to the upper left turning edge. A linear abrasion is to the lower left corner in a dark gray painted passage and a pinpoint puncture is to the upper left quadrant in a gray painted passage. Hairline cracks are scattered, some with slight yet stable lifting, and drying cracks are intermittent to the black painted passages. A few losses are scattered and pinpoint accretions are occasional. There is no apparent inpainting visible under ultraviolet light.
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Lot 49Sale 23553
Black Swan of NimesMARY ABBOTT (1921-2019)Estimate: USD 15,000 - 20,000
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