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Description: MURA LUCANO

measurements
29 by 36 1/4 in.

alternate measurements
74 by 92 cm.

signed Joseph Stella l.r.; signed, titled Mura Lucano and dated 1929 on the reverse

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Canvas not lined. Pigment separation on the black of the mountains; craquelure in the sky; soiled surface. Under UV ligfht: no apparent inpainting.

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PROVENANCE

Egan Gallery, New York
Pete S. Steffens, 1954

EXHIBITED

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Fourth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, 1944