Lot 122: HANS BUCHNER 1856-1941

THE RIGHT NOTE

measurements
31 by 38 in.

alternate measurements
78.8 by 96.5 cm.

signed inscribed and dated Hans Buchner / München 1887, lower left

oil on canvas

Condition Note: canvas lined, some slight flaking above violinist's knee, scattered craquelure and areas of pigment separation, particularly to the dress of the woman, varnish irregular, soiled and partially clouded, under UV light no apparent inpainting

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PROVENANCE

G. A. Stowers Furniture Company, Houston, Texas; Acquired from the above by the grandparents of the present owner, March 1943; by descent to the present owner