Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2459Location: BostonDate / Time: May 15, 2009 4:00PM
Description:
Jules Rene Herve (Franco/American, 1887-1981)
Vue de la Fontaine a Le Jardin des Tuileries
Signed "Jules R. Herve" l.r. and on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 31 in. (63.5 x 78.7 cm),framed.
Condition: Varnish inconsistencies, pigment fluorescence.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
There is pigment fluorescence and some possible retouch, primarily in the lowest third of the composition. The work could use a cleaning.