Lot 31
  • 31

Paul Guigou

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Guigou
  • Ferme aux environs de Marseille
  • signed and dated Paul Guigou 57 lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 49.5 by 73cm., 19½ by 28¾in.

Provenance

Savon Peiron collection, France
Private collection (by 1989)
Acquired by the present owner in 1993

Exhibited

Marseille, Galerie Detaille, Exposition Paul Guigou, 1927, no. 8 (as Le Jardin)
Paris, Palais du Luxembourg, Exposition Paul Guigou, 1927, no. 1 (as Le Jardin)
Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Paris, Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paul Guigou 1834–1871, 2004-05, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Claude-Jeanne Bonnici, Paul Guigou 1834–1871, Aix-en-Provence, 1989, p. 134, no. 13, catalogued & illustrated

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. There is a pattern of what appears to be stable craquelure throughout the composition. Ultra-violet light reveals areas of retouching in the sky in the background and some other minor scattered spots. The picture is otherwise in good condition and ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame.
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