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The Love Letter signed lower right 'Dubufe' oil on canvas laid on hardboard 99 x 80cm

Footnote: Provenance: Findlay Galleries, Chicago, From the collection of Hubert Faure (1919-2020), Albany, Piccadilly, London Literature: cf. Emmanuel Bréon, Claude-Marie, Edouard et Guillaume Dubufe, Portraits d'un siècle d'élégance Parisienne, exhibition catalogue, Paris 1988, illustrated as an engraving by Claude-Marie Dubufe, 'Jeune femme montrant une lettre, 1833', p. 71 This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Claude-Marie Dubufe's works, being prepared by Mr Emmanuel Bréon.

Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been laid onto a piece of hardboard. There is horizontal cracking in the paint layer across the centre of the canvas where the painting would have been attached to a wooden stretcher with a horizontal cross bar. The paint layer is in a good, stable condition overall. The varnish is yellowed and uneven, there are thicker passages and drip marks evident, for example in the face of the girl on the right. There appears to be localised areas of overpaint around the edges, it may be more extensive and hidden by the varnish. There are some drip marks in the lower half of the painting. There is a light layer of dust across the surface. There are losses to the gilded surface of the frame.

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