LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache et aquarelle sur papier

Size Notes:

39,1 x 44 cm; 15? x 17? in.

Edition:

Executed in 1925.

Description:

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Markings:

Property from a Private Dutch Collection

Condition:

Executed on cream card, not laid down, hinged to the overmount in three points along the upper edge and floating in its mount. All edges are slightly deckled with associated nicks. There are pinholes at all four corners. There is an horizontal crease running across the extreme upper part of the composition and a few further smaller creases in places notably towards the corners. There are a few minor repaired losses along the upper edge and to the left part of the lower edge. There is some minor paint shrinkage to the most thickly applied pigments, some of which associated with tiny losses. There is a faint handling mark towards the center of the right edge. There is some minor light staining to the sheet. This work is in overall good condition.

Provenance:

Bernard Zehrfuss, Paris (by descent and sold: Christie's, Paris, December 2, 2004, lot 36) Private collection, Europe