Lot 170
  • 170

Léon Comerre

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Léon Comerre
  • Fille en costume
  • signed Leon Comerre upper left; inscribed GEO. upper right
  • oil on canvas
  • 125.5 by 65cm., 49½ by 25½in.

Literature

George Comerre & Denyse Lion-Comerre, Léon Comerre. 1850-1916, Paris, 1980, p. 36, listed & illustrated (as Géo. Infante)

Condition

Original canvas. There are some scattered flecks of retouching visible under ultraviolet light, notably to the lower left corner and to the part of the figure's hair. Apart from some light scattered craquelure, this work is in very good condition, with rich colours and fine detail, and ready to hang. Held in a decorative, gold-painted moulded plaster and wood frame.
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