Lot 396
  • 396

Louis Marcoussis

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louis Marcoussis
  • Nature morte devant le balcon
  • Signed Marcoussis, dated 4-I-29 and dedicated à Mme Cuttoli (lower left)
  • Oil and sand on canvas
  • 14 1/2 by 11 7/8 in.
  • 37 by 30.1 cm

Provenance

Mme Cuttoli, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Sale: Sotheby's, London, March 24, 1998, lot 67
Acquired at the above sale

Literature

Jean Lafranchis, Marcoussis, sa vie, son oeuvre. Catalogue complet des peintures, fixés sur verre, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, Paris, 1961, no. P.121, illustrated pp. 133 & 258

Condition

(Examined under glass). The canvas is lined. Examination under UV light reveals some scattered spots of retouching in the purple pigment of the background. This work is otherwise in good condition.
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