Lot 71
  • 71

Charles Conder

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Conder
  • Au pays des rêves ou Magnolias
  • Aquarelle sur soie
  • 26,6 x 34 cm ; 10 1/2 by 13 1/3 in

Provenance

Ancienne collection Pickford Waller Esq;
Londres, Galerie Fine Art Society, 1976;
Acquis à cette galerie par l'actuel propriétaire 

Exhibited

Londres, Dutch Gallery, nov-dec 1903;
Londres, Galerie Fine Art Society, 1976, n°11

Literature

Frank Gibson, Charles Conder: his life and work, Londres, 1914, planche XXXV, commenté p.99
John Rothenstein, the life and death of Conder, Londres, 1938, pages 98; 221; 283; 287

Condition

The fabric is very thin and it is worn in several places, some are visible on the image; a vertical wear on the left; There is another one in the center upper part and on the right hand side woman's chest.
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Catalogue Note

Notre aquarelle est à rapprocher de l'aquarelle achetée par l'état français en 1903 ,Trois jeunes femmes dans un paysage conservée au musée du Louvre.