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Lot 143
  • 143

Antonio Saura

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description

  • Antonio Saura
  • Brigitte Bardot
  • signed and dated 63; signed, titled and dated 63 on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 130 by 97cm.; 51 1/8 by 38 1/8 in.

Provenance

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the family of the present owner in 1964
Thence by descent

Exhibited

New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Antonio Saura: Recent Paintings, 1964, no. 15, illustrated

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is deeper, richer and slightly warmer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon close inspection there are a few minute specks of loss scattered in places. Also only visible upon close inspection there are a few spots of fine craquelure and minor hairline cracks to the head of the figure. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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