Lot 144
  • 144

Jean Fautrier

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Fautrier
  • Untitled
  • signed
  • oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 33 x 46 cm; 13 x 18 in.
  • Executed in 1943.

Provenance

Aglae Liberaki Collection, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Fautrier, Oeuvres 1915-1943, November - December 1943; catalogue, n.p., no. 38
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Fautrier, 1898-1964, May - September 1989; catalogue, p. 113, no. 96, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. There is a small paint loss located on the extremity of the upper right corner. Under Ultra Violet light inspection, some dots fluoresce along the edges, corresponding to the unvarnished areas. This work is in very good condition.
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