VERY FINE AND RARE CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED WOODEN PANEL OF TEMPTATION, HENRI (HENRY) BERNHARDT (B. 1870), SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, CIRCA 1935

VERY FINE AND RARE CARVED AND POLYCHROME PAINT-DECORATED WOODEN PANEL OF TEMPTATION, HENRI (HENRY) BERNHARDT (B. 1870), SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, CIRCA 1935

Height 29 ½ in. by Width 40 in. by Depth 3 ⅜ in.

Condition Report:
In overall very fine condition. Nominal scattered loss throughout on apex points. Light-handed inpainting on Adam's proper left wrist, Eve's pointer finger, and small vine proper upper left under ultraviolet light inspection. Two hairline shrinkage cracks proper right side of frame. Slight fading of lower border.

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Provenance:
Allan Katz, Woodbridge, Connecticut.