Lot 21
  • 21

Louis Valtat

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Les Trois coupes de fruits
  • Signed L. Valtat (lower right)
  • Oil on paperboard mounted on cradled panel
  • 15 1/8 by 30 1/8 in.; 38.5 by 76.5 cm
  • Painted circa 1905.

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above

Condition

Oil on paperboard mounted on a cradled panel. Surface in generally good condition, some minor inpainting visible to the naked eye in upper right corner. One faint horizontal scratch at lower center, visible in the catalogue illustration. One additional abrasion at lower right corner. Under UV light; minor areas of inpainting visible associated with above mentioned abrasions.
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