Lot 133
  • 133

Jean-René Bazaine

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean-René Bazaine
  • Pierres, arbres et plaine
  • signé et daté ; signé, titré et daté au dos 
  • huile sur toile
  • 88,8 x 116 cm; 35 x 45 3/4 in.
  • Peint en 1952.

Provenance

Collection particulière, New Canaan, Connecticut
Dr Emilio Jesi, Milan
Galerie Krugier et Cie, Geneva
G. Melki, Paris
Acquis par le propriétaire actuel à la fin des années 1970

Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Pittura moderna straniera nelle collezioni Italiane, 1961
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Exposition Jean Bazaine, 1990, no. 19

Literature

Maeght, ed., Jean Bazaine, Paris, 1983, illustré p. 85
Jean Tardieu, Jean-Claude Schneider et Viveca Bosson, Bazaine, Paris, 1975, no. 67 illustré p. 98
Bazaine (catalogue d'exposition), Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, 1990, illustré p. 64

Condition

The work is on its original canvas and is not lined. There are some very thin craquelures mostly in the yellow parts. There is a small dent (approx. 5 mm) to the canvas in the upper right quadrant. Under Uv light there is no evidence of any retouching. This work is in very good condition. L'oeuvre est réalisée sur sa toile d'origine et n'a pas été rentoilée. De très fines craquelures sont visibles dans les couleurs jaunes. Un léger enfoncement de la toile (sur environ 5mm) est visible en haut à droite. Aucune trace de restauration de la toile n'est visible sous la lumière ultraviolet. Cette oeuvre est en très bonne condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed and dated ; signed, titled and dated on the back; oil on canvas. Painted in 1952.