12th Nov, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European and Sporting Pictures

 
  Lot 1047
 

1047

Hendrik Hulk (1842-1937) Dutch

Fishing boats in an estuary

Signed (obscured by the frame) oil on panel, 22cm by 30cm

Provenance: Florian Papp, New York, 2001

Sold together with a copy of purchase invoice

Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £900


 

Sound panel. Cleaned and revarnished. Some possible abrasion / thinning of paint. Fairly pronounced cracqulure across surface which is more concentrated and apparent throughout the sky. Some surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Retouching to horizontal scratches or damages below the front tip of the far right ship and in water towards lower right-hand corner (see images). Further likely delicate retouch to diagonal scratch across grassy verge below far left-hand side ship and approx 4-5cm in length. Further retouch to a slightly diagonal scratch across the upper part of ship's sail between the two masts approx 2cm overall. Odd delicate retouch elsewhere.

 


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Auction: British, European and Sporting Pictures, 12th Nov, 2022

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