Lot 50
  • 50

Alfred Manessier

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alfred Manessier
  • Sainte Face I
  • signed and dated 63; titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 130 by 97cm.
  • 51 1/8 by 38 1/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie de France, Paris
Acquired directly from the above

Exhibited

Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection, Alfred Manessier. A loan Exhibition, 1964, no. 11
Lisbon, Fondaçào Calouste Gulbenkian; Porto, Museo Soares dos Reis, Manessier, 1973, no. 28

Literature

Josef-Paul Hodin, Manessier, Neuchâtel 1972, p. 212, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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