Lot 236
  • 236

Alphonse Osbert

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alphonse Osbert
  • La foret le soir
  • signed twice and dedicated A M. Causse en vive sympathie, A. Osbert lower right
  • oil on panel
  • 55.8 by 37cm., 22 by 14 1/2 in.

Provenance

M. Causse (acquired from the artist)

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Coligny, Alphonse Osbert: exposition cinquantenaire, June 1989, no. 21
Paris, Galerie Coligny, Reveries, December 1993

Condition

The panel is in good condition, flat and even. There are scattered flecks of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably to the upper right quadrant and the left centre. Apart from a few scattered surface scuffs, notably to the centre right and a spot to the upper left edge, this work is in good condition and ready to hang.
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Catalogue Note

See note to lot 219.