MALTHE O. ENGELSTED (1852-1930). AFTERNOON FROLICS, signed "M.E." and dated 1885 lower left. Oil on canvas - 25 1/6 in. x 30 1/3 in. Estimate $4,500-6,500
PROVENANCE: Private Collection Christie's - South Kensington, November 14, 2002 Lot 302.
good condition, not lined. Canvas slightly buckled. Minor stretcher stress. Uneven varnish. Some fine craquelure; surface debris embedded in varnish; UV: scattered inpainting apparent in foreground; some in trees upper left, restoration difficult to detect under heavy uneven varnish.
