FRANCIS SYDNEY MUSCHAMP (English, 1829-1929). THE LOVER'S QUARREL, signed and dated 1895 lower left. Oil on canvas - 20 1/4 in. x 30 in. Estimate $5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE: Private Collection Christies East: Tuesday May 23, 1995, Lot 14.
not lined. Fine craquelure with minor stretcher stress. Canvas is slightly rippled. UV: scattered small spots of inpainting near bottom left edge, upper left edge, lower right corner, and above rug in center. 4 inch vertical line of overpaint near lower left edge. Larger area of overpaint to left and right of her head, along top left edge, and below man in window seat at right.
