Lot 54
  • 54

Aloïse Corbaz

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 CHF
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Description

  • Aloïse Corbaz
  • Prix Nobel de Suède
  • titled on verso
  • colour wax crayon on paper laid down on paper
  • 74.6 x 52.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland (a gift from the artist to the family of the present owner)

Literature

Aloïse Corbaz (1886-1964), catalogue raisonné électronique, Swiss Institute for Art Research SIK-ISEA/Fondation Aloïse, no. 666, ill. (in colour)

Condition

The paper has been laid down on paper. There is paper crease along 20 cm in the left margin and a minor tear along the upper left margin and along the upper right margin. There is vertical crease in the middle of the upper margin. The paper is slightly wavy mostly in the lower third of the composition. There are some minor accretions (black spots) along the right edge and a diagonal thin scratch of circa 5 cm in the lower third of the composition. Good condition.
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