SEVERIN ROESEN | STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE

Property from an Important Private Collection
SEVERIN ROESEN
1805 - 1882
STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE

inscribed in another hand S. Roesen (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 by 40 inches
(81.3 by 101.6 cm)

Condition Report:
The work is lined with wax. There is surface cracking throughout. The work retains a Y-shaped break in the canvas extending through the left side of the composition, as well as a few additional small breaks in the outer margins which have been repaired accordingly. Under UV: inpaint to address the above restorations as well as small spots and fine lines throughout. The work retains an uneven varnish.

Provenance:
Sold: Christie's, New York, May 30, 1986, lot 42

Acquired by the present owner at the above sale