Lot 155
  • 155

Maurice Estève

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Maurice Estève
  • L'Eclipse
  • signed; signed, titled, dedicated and dated 50 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 19 x 24 cm; 7 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.
  • Executed in 1950.

Provenance

Private Collection, Sweden
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired in 1999)

Literature

Robert Maillard, Monique Prudomme-Estève, Estève, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Neuchâtel, 1995, p. 276, no. 346, illustrated

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is slightly deeper in the original work. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. The edges and corners present some faint wears, as visible in the catalogue illustration. There is a slight undulation to the canvas in the upper left quadrant. Moreover, two very small wear marks are located in the orange paint, also visible in the catalogue illustration. Under Ultra Violet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration.
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