VICTOR LECLAIRE

(1803 Paris 1885)Fruit still life with peaches and grapes. 1872.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated lower right: V. Leclaire 1872.60 × 81.3 cm.Provenance:
- Sale Sotheby's, New York, 19.1.1995, Lot 452.
- Private collection, England.
- Sale Sotheby's, London, 14.6.1995, Lot 342.
- Swiss private collection.

We are grateful to Noé Willer for confirming the authorship of this painting on the basis of a photograph.

Condition:
Oil on lined canvas. Paint surface well-preserved with pastose colour application and partly fine craquelure. Minimal colour abrasion along the edges.
Under UV: under the strongly irregular in green fluorescent varnish are no retouching visible.
Overall in good condition.
Dimension with frame: 70.5 × 91.7 cm.