Lot 79
  • 79

Charles Lapicque

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Lapicque
  • Nuit vĂ©nitienne
  • signed Lapicque and dated 56 (lower right) ; signed Lapicque, titled nuit vénitienne and dated 1956 (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 116 x 88.8 cm ; 45 5/8 x 34 7/8 in.

Provenance

Collection W. Scharf, Berlin
Private Collection, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Villand et Galanis, Charles Lapicque : peintures récentes, 1958
Bern, Kunsthalle, Charles Lapicque, 1962
Munich, Stadtische Galerie, Charles Lapicque, 1962
Grenoble, Musée de peinture et de sculpture, Charles Lapicque, 1962, no. 95
Le Havre, Musée Maison de la Culture, Charles Lapicque, 1962
Trèves, Städtische Museum, Charles Lapicque, 1963
Luxembourg, Musée du Luxembourg, Charles Lapicque, 1963
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Charles Lapicque, 1964
Essen, Musée Folkwang, Charles Lapicque : peintures, aquarelles, dessins, 1965
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Charles Lapicque, 1967, no. 87
Albi, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Charles Lapicque, 1967

Literature

Bernard, Balanci, Charles Lapicque, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint et de la sculpture, Paris, 1972, illustrated no. 329 
Aloys Perrefaux, Lapicque, Neuchâtel, 1983, illustrated p. 108
Hors-série Géo, Passion Venise, no. 12, March 2004, illustrated in the art-peinture section

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Close examination reveals stable shrinkage in the light purple pigment, inherent to the artists process, and some minor frame rubbing around the edges. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light; this work is in very good condition.
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