Lot 129
  • 129

Louis Valtat 1869-1952

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Compotier et fruits
  • signed L. Valtat (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 9 1/2 by 12 7/8 in.
  • 24 by 32.8 cm.
  • painted in 1904

Provenance

Galerie Denise Valtat, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1970

Literature

Dr. Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat, Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Peint, Vol. I, Paris, 1977, no. 437, p. 49, illustrated

Condition

canvas unlined, somewhat slack, vertical line of craquelure through compote, pigment losses along right edge, under UV light no apparent inpainting
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