JEAN BÉRAUD | LE CAFÉ DE PARIS

Property from a Private Collection
JEAN BÉRAUD
French
1849 - 1935
LE CAFÉ DE PARIS

signed Jean Béraud. (lower right)
oil on panel
21⅝ by 13⅝ in.
54.9 by 34.6 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: Not examined out of the frame. This work on panel is in very good condition. The panel is flat and shows no reinforcements on the reverse. There are no cracks or breaks in the wood. The paint layer is clean and lightly varnished. There are a few tiny spots of retouching in the petticoat of the central dancer, and there may be a few above the figures on the left side. The work should be hung its current state.

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Provenance:
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, October 26, 1983, lot 67, illustrated

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 10, 1985, lot 30, illustrated

Richard Green, London (by 1986)

Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, May 23, 1989, lot 96, illustrated

Galerie Pierre Levy, Paris (acquired by 2003)