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Sat, Aug 1, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 904

Attributed to Hugues Merle

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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(French, 1822-1881)Woman with Black Ribbon, signed lower left "Hugues Merle/1868", oil on canvas, 18 x 15 in; 19th century gilt wood and composition cove molding frame, 28-3/4 x 25-3/8 in., Provenance: Hotel des Ventes d'Enghien, Enghien-les-Bains, France, March 28, 2010, lot 15856; Private Tennessee Collection

Condition

lined with paste and linen, yellowed varnish, repaired complex tears with related retouch, other points of retouch, crackle; frame with repairs and some small losses
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