Norbert Goeneutte Nathalie Goeneutte, the Artist's Sister, on a Riverbank

Norbert Goeneutte
French
1854 - 1894
Nathalie Goeneutte, the Artist's Sister, on a Riverbank

dedicated and signed À mon ami Sortais/ Norbert Goeneutte (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 21 1/2 by 17 3/4 in.; 55 by 45 cm
framed: 28 by 23 3/4 in.; 71 by 60.4 cm

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined. The paint surface is in good condition apart from a circa 1 inch line of paint loss at left below center and frame abrasion on all four edges. Very faint craquelure in the figure's red coat. Under UV light, areas of retouching visible left of the foreground tree, in the figure's skirt, in the upper and bottom right corners, notably in the foreground plant, and in the grass at bottom center.
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Provenance:
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 13 March 1996, lot 101
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner