Claude VENARD (1913-1999) Still life with red violin Framed oil on canvas Signed lower right Countersigned on the back and dated 1962 Size: 100 x 100 cm (cracks, missing) Oil on canvas with its original stretcher (àclès) The work shows soiling on the entire surface A few pirctoral lifts are visible, mainly at the bottom along the extreme edge of the work, with no real loss of material A chip is visible at the top left, approximately 1 cm2 (loss of pictorial material) Several centimetres of lifting at the top right of the painting, The canvas is slightly relaxed