Lot 467
  • 467

Albert Marquet

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • LES PALMIERS DEVANT LE PORT DE L'AGHA
  • signed Marquet (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 73 by 60cm., 28 3/4 by 23 5/8 in.

Provenance

Mme Albert Marquet, Paris
M. Guillemard, Paris
Galerie de L'Elysée (Alex Maguy), Paris
Galerie de la Présidence, Paris
Sale: Christie's, London, 28th November 1989, lot 313
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Albert Marquet, 1975, no. 95

Literature

Jean-Claude Martinet & Guy Wildenstein, Marquet: L'Afrique du Nord, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2001, no. I-288, illustrated in colour p. 246

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a 5cm. diagonal line of retouching towards the centre of the right edge and a nailhead-sized spot of retouching to the upper centre, visible under UV light. Apart from some stable paint shrinkage, mainly towards the upper right edge, this work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate although richer and deeper in the original.
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