Lot 101
  • 101

Paul Signac

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Signac
  • LES ANDELYS
  • signed P. Signac and titled (lower left)
  • watercolour, gouache and charcoal on paper laid down on card
  • 29.7 by 44.3cm., 11 3/4 by 17 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago 
Mr & Mrs Jean Henzel, New York (acquired by 1968)
Peter Findlay Gallery, New York (sale: Sotheby's, London, 29th November 1989, lot 464)
Purchased at the above sale by the family of the present owners

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum & New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Collects, 1968

Literature

Georges Besson, Signac, Paris, 1954, illustrated p. 10

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper laid down on card. There is an artist's pinhole to the top right corner. There is a 1cm. paper loss to the top left corner. Apart from some slight discoloration to the paper tone and some very slight fading to the lighter pigments, this work is in very good condition.
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