TAKANORI OGUISS (JAPANESE 1901-1986)

TAKANORI OGUISS (JAPANESE 1901-1986)
Coin de Paris, Rue de Meaux
oil on canvas
61 x 73.5 cm (24 x 29 in.)
signed and titled lower right; signed and titled on verso

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, United States (acquired in France in the late 1960s)
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1999
Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 2008, lot 372
Acquired at the above by the present owner

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonn� being prepared by Les Amis d'Oguiss.

CONDITION
Observed in frame, the work is in overall very good condition. Overall surface dirt; would benefit from a light cleaning. Very fine and faint age-appropriate craquelure apparent at the top right. Under UV light, a small repair, (1/2 in.) long, apparent under the chimney at right. Retouching to a very small area of the craquelure in the upper right corner and spots along the top edge.

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