Some accretion in lower areas of painting, especially BR which has split liquid residue. Light dusting of white particles, probably lint accumulation, all over surface. Backing paper has a couple of rips in center from hanging the picture.
Cesari, born in Corsica, later moved to Florence, where he studied art. Between 1940 and 1946 he studied at various schools in Paris. Cesari, a personal friend of Henri and Yvonne Franq (members of College faculty), visited them in the spring of 1966 and held an exhibition in the Music Building, opening April 16.