Lot 28
  • 28

Auguste Herbin

Estimate
14,000 - 18,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Auguste Herbin
  • "AIR, FEU"
  • signé Herbin et daté 1944 (en bas à droite), titré "air, feu" (en bas à gauche)
  • gouache sur papier
  • 35,8 x 26,9 cm
  • 14 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.

Provenance

Collection Louis Carré, Paris (acquis de l'artiste en août 1944)
Vente : Piasa-Artcurial, Paris, Ancienne Collection Louis Carré, 10 décembre 2002, lot 385
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is T-hinged at the four corners. Apart from some scattered media or rubbing marks in the upper left quadrant and some slight water-marks, possibly inherent to the artistic process, in the yellow-orange pigment in the upper right corner as well as some light time-staining, this work is in overall good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Herbin' et dated '1944' (lower right), titled "air, feu" (lower left), gouache on paper. Executed in 1944.