Lot 191
  • 191

Maurice de Vlaminck

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maurice de Vlaminck
  • ÉGLISE
  • signed Vlaminck (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 59.9 by 72.9cm., 23 5/8 by 28 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels
Private Collection, Belgium (acquired from the above)
Private Collection (by descent from the above; sale: Sotheby's, London, 11th July 2006, lot 36)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Exposition Vlaminck, (possibly) 1928, no. 19

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a 5 by 1.5cm. area of retouching with related craquelure to the centre right of the composition, visible under UV light. Apart from a tiny spot of paint loss towards the centre of the left edge, this work is in good condition.
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