Lot 417
  • 417

Claude Monet

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Claude Monet
  • Gamin des rues
  • stamped Claude Monet (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 31 by 23cm., 12 1/4 by 9in.

Provenance

Michel Monet, Giverny (the artist's son)
Private Collection, France

Literature

Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet, Catalogue raisonné, Lausanne, 1991, vol. V, no. 69, illustrated p. 72

Condition

Executed on buff paper, laid down on very thin Japan paper and taped to the overmount in two places along the upper edge. The upper edge has been torn from a sketch book. There is a curved repaired tear (approx. 2cm. wide) towards the upper left corner. The sheet is time stained and there are some very fine creases in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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