JOHN FERGUSON WEIR | STILL LIFE WITH YELLOW ROSES

Property of a Lady
JOHN FERGUSON WEIR
1841 - 1926
STILL LIFE WITH YELLOW ROSES

signed J.F. Weir. (lower left)
oil on canvas
10 ¾ by 16 ⅛ inches
(27.3 by 41 cm)
Painted circa 1885.

Condition Report:
The canvas is lined, there is frame abrasion along the extreme edges, and there is surface cracking throughout with some areas of associated paint separation. Under UV: the work retains a yellowed varnish and there is inpainting to address cracking throughout.

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Provenance:
Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas

Adelson Galleries, New York

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1999