Lot 147
  • 147

Bela de Kristo

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Bela de Kristo
  • Seul a Paris
  • Signed de Kristo (lower right)
  • Gouache over pencil on paper
  • 12 1/4 by 8 7/8 in.
  • 31 by 22.5 cm
  • Executed in 1958.

Provenance

Art Conseil, Paris (acquired directly from the artist's studio)

Condition

Gouache over pencil on paper. The sheet has been mounted on the current mat and the verso of the sheet is not visible. There is minor pigment separation and craquelure in the red above the figure's left shoulder; in the red to the right of the figure's right hand; and in the white triangle to the left. There are minor abrasions in the dark red in the lower right corner and in the dark grey triangle at lower center. In overall good condition.
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