Marcel Dyf
(French, 1899-1985)
Bateaux, c. 1930s
oil on canvas
signed Dyf (lower right)
25 x 39 1/4 inches.
This lot is located in Palm Beach.

The authenticity of this lot has kindly been confirmed by Madame Claudine Dyf.

Provenance:
Sold: Sotheby's Olympia, London, October 23, 2002, Lot 625
Acquired at the above sale

Framed: 32 1/4 x 46 1/2 inches.
The canvas is not lined. There is scattered craquelure through the canvas, more prominent in the right half; there is a vertical stretcher bar mark visible across the center. Otherwise, the paint surface is stable.
Under UV light: a small area of inpainting to a spot of paint loss at lower left, near the lower edge. Another spot of inpainting at center left, near the left edge. Some spots of inpainting on the smoke stacks at upper edge.