Lot 303
  • 303

Victor Brauner

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Victor Brauner
  • Reconstruction de l’être aimé II
  • signed Victor Brauner and dated 1.59 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 73 by 59.9cm., 28 3/4 by 23 5/8 in.

Provenance

Iolas Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there is no evidence of retouching visible under UV light. The surface is richly textured and the impasto is well-preserved. There is some studio dirt towards the lower edge in the lower right quadrant and running across the lower left edge. This work is in very good original condition.
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