Lot 159
  • 159

Gustave Loiseau

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Gustave Loiseau
  • Les cĂ´teaux de l'ermitage, Pontoise
  • Signed G. Loiseau (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 1/4 by 28 3/4 in.
  • 54 by 73 cm

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris
Ch. Boisselier, Paris (acquired in 1968)
(probably) Acquired before 1990

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, G. Loiseau, 1951, no. 39
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, 1968, no. 50

Condition

Canvas is lined however impasto is fairly well preserved. There is a thin web of craquelure in the sky at upper right and at center of composition in buildings. A thin line of frame abrasion is visible along bottom edge towards lower right. Under UV light: spots of inpaitning along right edge and in bottom right corner to address frame abrasion. Otherwise fine, work is in good condition.
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