Lot 27
  • 27

Maurice de Vlaminck

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Maurice de Vlaminck
  • Effet de neige
  • Signed Vlaminck (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 25 1/2 by 32 in.
  • 64.8 by 81.3 cm
  • Painted circa 1925-26.

 

Provenance

Senator Arthur C. Hardy, Leeds, Ontario, (1872-1962) by 1934
Gifted to the son of the above, 1934
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition; scattered stable cracking throughout; minor pigment separation in thicker blacks; areas of impasto appear fresh. A few areas that show signs of impact related cracking. Slightly dirty. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting; the work has an uneven varnish.
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Catalogue Note

Senator Arthur Charles Hardy, son of Ontario Premier Arthur Sturgis Hardy, represented Leeds, Ontario in the Canadian Senate from 1922 to 1962 and was speaker of the Senate in 1930.