Lot 383
  • 383

Francisco Borès

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Francisco Borès
  • Nature morte tropicale
  • Signed Bores and dated 53 (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 25 5/8 by 31 7/8 in.
  • 65 by 81cm

Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (acquired in 1953)
Private Collection

Exhibited

Galerie Louis Carré, 1954, no. 20
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, 1954, no. 25
Gotemburg, Fransk Konst, 1955, no. 16

Literature

Francisco Bores, Francisco Bores: Catálogo Razonado Pintura, vol. II, Madrid, 1965-72, no. 1953, p. 247

Condition

Original canvas. The surface is fresh and the impasto is intact. Under ultra-violet light, there are areas of florescence due to uneven layers of vanish, but there are no signs of retouching. Over all, this work is in excellent condition.
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