FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN | THE GLANCE

Property from a Private Maryland Estate
FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN
American
1847 - 1928
THE GLANCE

signed F.A. Bridgman and dated 1881 (lower right)
oil on canvas
13¼ by 9⅜ in.
33.7 by 23.8 cm

Condition Report:
Not examined out of the frame. Lined. Minor surface dirt and dust; scattered fine craquelure; a few isolated pin dots of accretion; a tiny vertical scuff extending from the date at lower right; and frame abrasion along the right edge. Under UV: varnish fluoresces green unevenly. A broadly applied horizontal repair (approximately 5 inches) fluoresces in the background above the figure's head (and is partially visible to the naked eye). Some feathery inpainting in the upper left quadrant. A dot of inpainting on the figure's proper left eye. A few finely applied retouches and inpainting to address prior craquelure visible on the figure's clothes and wrist.

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Provenance:
Property of an Educational Foundation (and sold, Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 1997, lot 116A, illustrated)

Acquired at the above sale