Lot 343
  • 343

Jean Metzinger

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Metzinger
  • La Néréide
  • Signed Metzinger (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 15 by 21 1/2 in.
  • 38.1 by 54.6 cm

Provenance

Léonce Rosenberg (Galerie L'Effort Moderne), Paris
Weyhe Gallery, New York, acquired from the above in 1929
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, on extended loan

Condition

Excellent condition. Original canvas. Impasto is well-preserved. There is a nailhead-size loss to yellow pigment in the top half of the left edge. Otherwise, fine.
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