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Lot Description

Severin Roesen

(American, 1815–1872)

Floral Still Life, c. 1870

oil on canvas

signed with conjoined initials SR, lower right

29 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Property from the Collection of Anne S. and David L. Genter, Sewickley, Pennsylvania

Provenance:
Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Estate of Robert A. Walsh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, purchased from the above, 1996
Sold: Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, March 15, 2014, Lot 585

This lot has been authenticated by Judith Hansen O'Toole, formerly of the Westmoreland Museum, and is accompanied by a letter dated April 10, 1996. Her conclusion states, "It should be noted that Roesen painted a much greater number of fruit pieces than floral, making the latter more rare. The size and quality of your painting makes it an important example of the artist's work." She also notes the "unusual inclusion" of the hollyhocks amidst Roesen's other favored flowers.

Condition Report

Framed: 46 1/4 x 40 1/4 inches.

In overall good and stable condition. Light deposits of dust to surface, with fine, even network of craquelure throughout. Relined canvas. Under UV light examination, areas of filled craquelure visible, most notably to lighter flowers, with additional areas to perimeter of oval. Minor cracks and areas of finish loss throughout frame.

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