Lot 166
  • 166

Armand Guillaumin

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Armand Guillaumin
  • La vallée de la Sédelle, Crozant
  • signed Guillaumin (lower left); titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 65.2 by 81.1cm., 25⅝ by 31⅞in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France (acquired before the 1960s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals a line of retouching associated with a previous approx. 4cm tear in the sky in the upper left quadrant. There is some minor stable hairline craquelure towards the centre of the lower edge and in the pink cloud in the centre of the composition. The colors are vivid and this work is in overall good condition.
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