Lot 168
  • 168

Auguste Herbin 1882-1960

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Auguste Herbin
  • "Paris"
  • signed herbin and dated 1943 (lower right), titled (lower left)
  • gouache on board
  • board: 11 1/2 by 8 3/4 in.
  • 29.4 by 22.2 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris
Galerie Semiha Huber, Zurich
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1975

Condition

scattered tiny flakes to surface, some surface soiling/a few scattered small spots, board attached to mat with tape on reverse
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Catalogue Note

This work is a study for the painting illustrated in Geneviève Claisse, Herbin Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint, Paris 1993, no. 807, p. 422.  The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Madame Geneviève Claisse.   This work will be accompanied by a photocertificate from Madame Claisse dated July 20, 2007.