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Lot 83
  • 83

Marcel Gromaire

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Marcel Gromaire
  • Nu à l'Automne
  • signed Gromaire and dated 1961 (lower left) ; signed Gromaire, titled and dated1961 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 96.1 by 100 cm ; 31 7/8 by 39 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Acquired from the above on 18th April 1963

Literature

Marcel Zahar, Gromaire, Genève, 1961, no. 156, illustrated n.p.
François Gromaire & Françoise Chibret-Plaussu, Marcel Gromaire, La Vie et l'œuvre, Catalogue Raisonné des Peintures, Paris, 1993, no. 698, illustrated p. 249

Condition

The canvas is not lined. The colours of the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate overall, although the original is less dark. There is no evidence of retouching visible under UV light. Apart from some scattered fly spots and a tiny superficial scratch in the lower left edge, this work is in very good original condition.
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