Bidspirit auction | Georges Jeannin Ceiling Decoration Study

Georges Jeannin Ceiling Decoration Study Painting - Georges Jeannin (French, 1841-1925). Transparent and opaque watercolors with oil on wove paper. Depicting a study for a ceiling decoration. Signed in graphite along the lower right. Exhibition: Shepherd Gallery, New York, ”Nineteenth Century French and Other Continental Drawings, Watercolors and Oil Sketches, ” Winter Exhibition 1979. Cat. no. 74, illustrated. Provenance: Shepherd Gallery, New York; Private Collection. Sight; height: 15 1/4 in x width: 16 1/4 in. Framed; height: 19 1/2 in x width: 20 1/2 in x depth: 1 in. Condition: The colors are slightly faded and the sheet is toned. There are no major tears, losses, or restorations. There is a slight undulation to the sheet. Light scuffs along the margins, especially the lower margin, possibly original to the artistic process. Framed under glass; some wear to the frame, including chipping to the gilt finish and accretions along the glass. Not inspected out of frame.