Lot 65
  • 65

Françoise Gilot

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Françoise Gilot
  • Claude and myself
  • Signed F. Gilot (lower left); dated été 48 and titled (verso)
  • Pencil on watermarked Arches wove paper, unframed
  • 20 by 25 3/4 in.
  • 50.8 by 65.4 cm
  • Executed in 1948.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Condition

Pencil on watermarked Arches wove paper, unframed. Recto: Surface in generally good condition aside, sheet has been lighglty cleaned. Artist's corrections and a repaired tear in Francoise's neck, possibly by the artist.
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