Lot 159
  • 159

Francisco Borès

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Francisco Borès
  • Still life with cake
  • Signed Borès and dated 53 (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 23 7/8 by 28 3/4 in.
  • 60.6 by 73 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm
Arthur Lénars & Cie, Paris
Albert Loeb Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Gallery, 1954, no. 27

Literature

Hélène Dechanet, Francisco Bores: Catálogo razonado, Pintura 1945-1972, Madrid, 2003, vol. II, no. 1953/31, illustrated p. 253

Condition

The canvas is unlined. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from some scattered areas of craquelure, most noticeable to the right of the cake and in the cake plate. Under UV, there is one small repaint center right edge and the pigments appear to still be active.
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