LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and collage on canvas

Size Notes:

39 1/4 by 39 in.

Edition:

Executed in 1959.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Clavé and dated 59 (lower right)

Condition:

The canvas is unlined. The collage elements are stable, minor lifting inherent to the artist's process. Craquelure in the tickly painted areas, most notably in the upper left quadrant. Minor frame abrasion at all four corner. Under UV light, a thick layer of varnish is difficult to read through, but no inpainting is apparent. This work is in overall very good condition. Unframed.

Literature:

Pierre Seghers, Clavé, Barcelona, 1971, no. 95, p. 109, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Georges Gadilhe, Marseille Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the above in 1996) Sotheby's Paris, 7 December 2017, lot 185 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner