Lot 137
  • 137

EMILE FRIANT | Pine trees (Malzéville Plateau)

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Emile Friant
  • Pine trees (Malzéville Plateau)
  • Signed and dated lower left E. Friant 1879 ; Inscribed on the reverse, probably by Jean-Louis Burtin, E. Friant / Sapins - Collon Burtin
  • Oil on canvas
  • 38 x 46 cm ; 15 by 18 1/8  in.

Exhibited

Exposition rétrospective du Centenaire de la Société lorraine des arts, Nancy, 7 October - 12 November 1933, p. 31 ;
Émile Friant, regard sur l'homme et l'œuvre, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 8 July - 4 October 1988, illustrated in color p.56 n°40 ;
Emile Friant un nouveau regard, Musée Georges de la Tour, Vic-sur-Seille, 10 June - 3 September 2006, illustrated n°30, p.53

Condition

- traces visible in the sky, probably a first sketch (visible on the photograph) - a few thin craquelures - original canvas - light knick lower left by the frame - thin matter (artist's technique) - thin scratch upper left in the sky - minor loss on the left by the frame - nothing visible under UV light Perfect condition.
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