Lot 170
  • 170

Louis Marcoussis

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis Marcoussis
  • La Guitare et l'as de trèfle
  • Oil on board
  • 18 1/2 by 12 5/8 in.
  • 41 by 27 cm

Provenance

Mr & Mrs. Bertie Urvater, Brussels
M. Piaggi
M. Philippe Leclercq, Roubaix, France
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York
Acquired from the above by 1964

Exhibited

Paris, Musée d'art moderne, Le Cubisme de 1907 à 1914, 1953, no. 196
Otterlo, Museum Kröller-Müller & Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Collection Urvater, 1957, no. 82, illustrated in the catalogue
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1914: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture Created in 1914 in Celebration of the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1964, no. 145

Literature

L'Art d'aujourd'hui, Paris, June 5, 1953, illustrated p. 22
Jean Lafranchis, Marcoussis, Son vie, son oeuvre, catalogue complet des peintures, fixés sur verre, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, Paris, 1961, no. 33, illustrated p. 243

Condition

There is minor paint loss to the lower left foreground and another small area in the lower center foreground. There is surface dirt. There are traces of tape around the perimeter of the board. There is a minor paint loss to the lower right corner, which may be due to an imperfection on the board. Under UV light: there is no apparent sign of inpainting.
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