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Lot Description

Nikos Kessanlis

(Greek, 1930-2004)

Vecchio Re (The Old King)

, 1958

oil on canvas

signed K. Nikos and dated (lower right); signed (verso)

39 x 51 inches.

Property from the Sally W. Kaplin Living Trust, Northbrook, Illinois

Provenance:
International Galleries, Chicago

Condition Report

There is surface dirt; scattered areas of craquelure in the white passages at the points of highest impasto; an isolated area of nail head sized paint loss in the upper left corner; slackening of the canvas with gathering in the upper right and lower left corners; a vertical surface scratch approximately 8 inches in length at the left center edge; otherwise this work appears to be in overall basic good and stable condition.
Framed: 46 x 57 1/2 inches.

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