Lot 131
  • 131

Louis Valtat 1869-1952

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Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Femme au Châle dans un Fauteuil
  • signed with the initials LV (lower right)
  • oil on canvas, unstretched
  • sight: 13 1/4 by 9 5/8 in.
  • 33.5 by 24.5 cm.
  • excuted in 1927

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the family of the present owner circa 1930

Literature

Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat Catalogue de l'Oeuvre peint, 1869-1952, Vol. I, 1977, no. 1918, illustrated.

Condition

Canvas is unstretched and laid between mat and backing board that are firmly glued together. Canvas is slack. In good condition. Pin hole in each corner. Under UV: no apparent in-paint.
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