Lot 82
Attributed to Stanislas Lépine (1836-1892)
Lot 82 Details
Attributed to Stanislas Lépine (1836-1892), French
AU CLAIR DE LUNE
Oil on canvas; signed "S. Lepine" lower left, titled to gallery label verso, numbered "No. 224" in pen and ink to the canvas verso. Framed.
10.5 ins x 8.5 ins; 26.7 cms x 21.6 cms; Framed 18.5 ins x 16.5 ins; 47 cms x 41.9 cms
Estimate $1,000-$1,500
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Provenance:
W. Scott & Sons, Montreal, QC;
From whom purchased by Mr. E.G. Rykert in 1900 (in an earlier letter in the archives at the National Gallery of Canada, Dr. Max Stern of the Dominion Gallery had given the date as February 1, 1901);
Les Cadres R.G., Danton label to the frame verso;
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, QC Inventory No. C3048 gallery label verso and with partial D.G. stamps to the stretcher, entered into the DG inventory on April 21, 1961;
Sold to Steven Juvelis, Marblehead, Mass. on December 9, 1961;
Returned to the Dominion Gallery, Montreal, QC in September 1962;
Private Collection, Westmount, QC
CONDITION DETAILS
Shiny varnish throughout; original French canvas stamped "Paris" and not relined with fine crazing lines in the sky. There is a tiny, vertical impression inwards in the sky upper left that does not go all the way through the canvas. Blacklight shows that it was signed twice lower left; one blocked out. Old varnish overall with little evidence of any overpaint