Hugo Boettinger Bathing Boys

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein
Hugo Boettinger
Czech
1880 - 1934
Bathing Boys

signed and dated Boettinger 1923 (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 23 5/8 by 33 1/2 in.; 60 by 85 cm
framed: 29 1/2 by 39 1/2 in.; 59.6 by 100.3 cm

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined and slightly loose on its stretcher. The paint surface is stable and in good condition but somewhat soiled. Slight frame abrasions at all edges with minor associated paint loss at left. Under UV light, small area of repair with associated retouching beneath the tree at left.
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Provenance:
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 10 October 1996, lot 40