Lot 3: CHARLES SPINDLER 1865 - 1938 | La tisseuse and Max et Louis

Gouache on paper, one signed and dated lower right C.Spindler '99  and inscribed in german, the other one titled Max/Louis

173,5 x 253 cm et 144 x 116 cm ; 68  1/4 by 99  9/16 and 56  11/16 by 99  9/16 in.

Gouache on paper, one signed and dated lower right <em>C.Spindler '99 </em> and inscribed in german, the other one titled <em>Max/Louis</em>

The first one: -On its original canvas. -Relatively sane mount, some swelling and crinkled in places. -Several areas relatively damaged on the pictorial surface, especially in the upper right corner, where some liftings and loss of pictorial matter are visible. -Some worn areas with loss of matter are visible on the right and in the lower part. -Scratchings and old creases visible in the upper left part. -Nothing visible with the UV light. -In a natural wood frame. The second one: -On its original canvas. -Relatively sane mount, some swelling and crinkled in places. -Several areas relatively damaged on the pictorial surface. -Some worn areas with loss of matter are visible -Nothing visible with the UV light. -In a natural wood frame.
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