CALTHEA CAMPBELL VIVIAN (American 1887 - 1943). ENTRANCE TO THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE, signed lower right. Oil on canvas - Framed, 30 in. x 50 in. Estimate $3,000-5,000
Provenance: purchased from Mendelsohn Galleries, Chevy Chase, MD, ca. 1975. Cf.: a review of recent international public auction sale price reports indicates that the works by Vivian most comparable to the work described above were sold at Christie's East, New York, NY, as lots #261 and #265, 10/30/1995.
Lined; surface dirt and debris with fine craquelure throughout.
UV: Extensive inpainting in sky. Scattered areas of inpainting along right side in building, right corner and along lower edge in water.
