Lot 381
  • 381

Auguste Herbin

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Description

  • Auguste Herbin
  • PORT DE HAMBOURG
  • signed Herbin (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 65 by 81cm., 25 5/8 by 31 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Neupert, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the parents of the present owner in 1960

Literature

Geneviève Claisse, Herbin, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre, Paris, 1993, no. 128, illustrated pp. 40 & 301

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there are no signs of retouching visible under UV light. Apart from paint shrinkage to the blocks of colour of the boats and harbour in the foreground (visible in the catalogue illustration), this work is in good condition.
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