Fernando de Szyszlo Ciudad Prohibida (V)

Fernando de Szyszlo
1925 - 2017

Ciudad Prohibida (V)
signed Szyszlo (lower right); titled and dated Orrantia/76 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
79 by 78⅜ in.
200.7 by 199.1 cm.
Executed in Orrantia in 1976.

Condition Report:
This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. The media layer is stable, and the colors are vibrant. Under raking light inspection: a 1 by 5 inch area containing a few pinpoint dots of media loss at the lower left edge becomes apparent. Under UV: A few pinpoint dots of inpainting become apparent in the upper and lower quadrants, along the edges; a 1-inch diagonal line of inpainting becomes apparent in the upper left quadrant, and two 1 inch dots of inpainting become apparent in the centermost quadrant. The work is ready to hang. Unframed.

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Provenance:
Lissy Galsky, Lima
Private Collection, Caracas (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Florida (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's New York, 18 November 2008, lot 203
Acquired from the above by the present owner