Lot 175
  • 175

Maurice Estève

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Maurice Estève
  • Le Petit sculpteur
  • signé et daté 50; signé, titré et daté 50 au dos
  • huile sur toile
  • 60,5 x 50 cm; 27 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.
  • Exécuté en 1950.

Provenance

Pierre Francastel, Paris
Collection particulière, Paris
Vente: Versailles Enchères Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, Importants Tableaux Modernes Abstraits et Contemporains, 27 juin 1993, lot 40
Collection particulière

Literature

Robert Maillard, Monique Prudhomme-Estève, Maurice Estève, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Neuchâtel, 1995, p.277, no.349, illustré

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. There are some areas of thin cracks throughout the surface, especially in the red and yellow zones, that have been professionally restored.
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