Johannes Hendrik Eversen Tabletop Still Life with Books, Pewter Tankard, Candlestand and Pipe

Johannes Hendrik Eversen
Dutch
1906 - 1995
Tabletop Still Life with Books, Pewter Tankard, Candlestand and Pipe

signed and dated J. H. Eversen/ 1963 (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 20 by 28 in.; 51 by 71 cm
framed: 24 3/4 by 32 3/4 in.; 63 by 83.5 cm

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition. Under UV light, minor areas of retouching to upper left and right quadrants, to the left of the tankard, right of the seal at the lower edge, to the lower right corner but not to the signature.
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Provenance:
Sale: Freeman’s, Philadelphia, 27 June 2004, lot 27
with MacConnal-Mason, London, from whom acquired on 30 June 2004