Sold for $5,080

Framed: 35 x 30 inches.
Moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is not lined; slight canvas distortion in each corner; pinpoint paint losses scattered throughout the balloons; one pinpoint paint loss in upper center of wall, as well as one pinpoint paint loss in the sack held by the man on the left; two pinpoint paint losses in the lower right corner. Under UV light: inpainting around the tip of the right-most spire, as well as in the spire and wall ledge to the right; a small balloon on the right has inpainting; areas of of inpainting to several of the bricks in the center of the wall; lines of inpainting around the staff and a balloon in the lower center; lines within the wall's brickwork have been strengthened in scattered areas. Additional images available upon request.

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