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Lot 245
  • 245

André Bauchant

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • André Bauchant
  • Petit village dans les Alpes
  • Signed A Bauchant and dated 1943 (lower center)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 26 by 36 5/8 in.
  • 66 by 93 cm

Provenance

Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne
Sale: Dobiaschofksy, Bern, May 13, 2005, lot 334
Sale: Christie's, New York, February 14, 2007, lot 43
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Geneva, Musée de l'Athénée, L'Univers des Naïfs, no. 52

Literature

E. Mayer, Annuaire International des Ventes, 1983, p. 542
Dina Vierny, André Bauchant, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2005, no. 43-66, illustrated p. 393

Condition

Canvas is not lined. The surface is slightly dirty. Canvas undulates slightly at the center of the left edge. Under UV light: scattered spots, strokes, and some larger areas or inpainting fluoresce, particularly in the right half of the sky. A few strokes are present along the extreme lower left edge, and a few scattered spots are visible at the bottom edge. Overall the work is in fairly good condition.
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