Lot 505
  • 505

Albert Dubois-Pillet

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Albert Dubois-Pillet
  • Chalands sur la seine
  • signed Dubois Pillet (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 46 by 32.5cm., 18 1/8 by 12 3/4 in.

Provenance

Sale: Chevau Legers Encheres, Versailles, 27th November 1977, lot 134
Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva
Galerie Matignon Saint-Honoré, Paris
Sale: Jean-Marc Delvaux, Paris, 30th June 2010, lot 20
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Lily Bazalgette, Albert Dubois-Pillet, sa vie et son œuvre (1846-1890), Villejuif, 1976, illustrated p. 76

Condition

The canvas is lined. UV examination reveals some scattered small spots of retouching in places, mainly to the sky and two, approximately 4cm-long, lines of retouching towards the upper left corner. This work is in overall good condition.
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