Lot 23
  • 23

Henri Martin

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Martin
  • Étude pour le Monument aux Morts: L'Homme avec une couronne mortuaire de laurier
  • Oil on canvas
  • 35 1/2 by 19 in.
  • 90.2 by 48.3 cm.

Provenance

Private collector, Cornwall, Connecticut
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner

Condition

The canvas is unlined. There is a 1 1/2 inch horizontal slit along the left upper edge and a pinhole in the center of the upper edge. The picture surface is in generally good condition. Under UV, there is no apparent inpainting.
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Catalogue Note

This work is a study for the World War I Memorial that is currently in the Musée de Cahors Henri Martin .