Lot 36
  • 36

Alfred Manessier

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Alfred Manessier
  • Passion Rouge / Bleu
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 27 by 22cm.; 10 5/8 by 8 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1948.

Provenance

Acquired by Alexander Orlow for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1964

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Art Works: International Modern Art in the Industrial Working Environment, an Experiment over more than Thirty Years: Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, 1991-1992, p. 117, illustrated in colour
Barcelona, Fondación Miró; Zaragoza, Palacio de la Lonja; Valencia, Museo de la Ciudad, El Arte Funciona, 1992
Sevilla, World EXPO '92, Art in the Factory, 1992, no. 44, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is darker. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The edges and corners are slightly worn. One faint hairline crack located 8 cm. from the top edge and 9 cm. from the left edge. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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