Lot 19
  • 19

Louis Valtat

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • La falaise
  • Signed L. Valtat (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 25 5/8 by 32 in.
  • 65.1 by 81.3 cm.

Provenance

Georges Denis, Paris
Nicholas Markoff, Paris
Sale: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, October 7, 1972, lot 70
Acquired at the above sale

Literature

Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint 1869-1952, vol. I, Paris, 1977, no. 790, illustrated p. 88

Condition

Work is not lined. Minor cracking in dark green pigments at lower left. Nailhead size loss at extreme upper left corner. Under UV light: a three inch diagonal line of inpainting across upper right corner to address possible damage, otherwise fine.
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