Lot 17
  • 17

Louis Valtat

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Les Couturières
  • Signed L. Valtat (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 7/8 by 18 1/8 in.
  • 55.5 by 46 cm.
  • Painted in 1921.

Provenance

André Jollivet (acquired in Paris in the 1940s)
Thence by descent
Sale: Sotheby's, London, October 23, 2001, lot 234
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

This painting is unlined and somewhat slack in its frame. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from some very minor scattered craquelure. The canvas is visible throughout the work and is used as a color in the overall scheme. Under UV, there are a few small scattered inpaints scattered throughout.
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