Lot 66
  • 66

Françoise Gilot

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Françoise Gilot
  • Magic Mountain
  • Signed with the artist’s monogram (lower right); titled, dated from April 30 1989 to 1991 painted in Paris, and inscribed F.G. Archive #1165 (on the stretcher)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 28 3/4 by 36 1/4 in.
  • 73 by 92.1 cm
  • Painted from 1989 to 1991.

Provenance

Elizabeth Hubbard (acquired directly from the artist in 1998)

Literature

Françoise Gilot, Françoise Gilot Monograph, 1940-2000, Lausanne, 2000, listed p. 443, illustrated p. 288

Condition

Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: In generally good condition; slightly slack on stretcher; pigment separation visible in reds and blacks. Under UV light there is no apparent in-painting.
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