June Online Auction (Sale #291)

'Madonna and Child' Icon

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Start price: $75

Estimated price: $150 - $300

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Description

‘Madonna and Child’ Icon

Undated, unsigned, oil and gilding on gesso and wood panel, depicting Mary seated on a throne, offering a piece of fruit to the infant Christ; in a wood frame

Provenance: The Estate of George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000

Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate

Height: 60 1/4 inches, Width: 31 1/8 inches (panel)

Frame Size: 70 3/4 inches by 42 inches

Condition: Fair, insect damage to wood panel; paint, wood and gesso losses especially at center; accretions; moderate dirt accumulation; flaking and bubbling paint; craquelure overall; frame entirely lacking applied composition

Disclaimers: not examined out of the frame; please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

Category: Collectibles > Religious

Estimated Sale Time: 2:39 pm CST

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Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Last modified: June 11, 2022, 2:24 pm

Condition: Fair, insect damage to wood panel; paint, wood and gesso losses especially at center; accretions; moderate dirt accumulation; flaking and bubbling paint; craquelure overall; frame entirely lacking applied composition

Dimensions: 60.25 x 31.125 in