Lot 24
  • 24

Josef Sima

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Josef Sima
  • Paysage gris ciel bleu horizontal
  • signé et daté 60; titré au dos
  • huile sur toile
  • 96 x 130 cm; 37 3/4 x 51 3/16 in.
  • Exécuté en 1960.

Provenance

Collection Anne Philipe, Paris
Tranmis par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Tableaux et dessins, 1930-1968, 1981; catalogue, no.23
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Sima, 3 avril-21 juin 1992; catalogue, p.154, no.100, illustré en couleurs


Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is lighter (especially the lower grey part of the work). The work is executed on its original canvas, not relined. Located at the extremity of the left corner, 8 minor retouchings are only visible under UV light. This work is in excellent condition.
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Catalogue Note

Anne et Gérard Philipe © D.R.