Lot 340
  • 340

Auguste Herbin

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Auguste Herbin
  • Nature Morte au Beurrier
  • Signed Herbin (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 5/8 by 18 1/2 in.
  • 55 by 47 cm

Exhibited

Vitry-sur-Seine, Galerie Municipale, Herbin, oeuvres, 1905-1960, 1987, no. 3
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Retrospectif A. Herbin, 1996
Deurne, Museum de Wieger; Spanbroek, Frisia Museum, Kubistisch avontuur, 2003, no. 3

Literature

Geneviève Claisse, Herbin, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, 1993, Lausanne, no. 58, illustrated p. 289

Condition

Very good condition. Original canvas with three small strengthened areas on reverse, one just above the red flower and 2 1/8" in diameter one inch from lower edge. Under UV, the two lower patches show inpainting. Otherwise, fine.
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