Lot 68
  • 68

Auguste Herbin

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Auguste Herbin
  • Aube
  • Signed herbin and dated 1958 (lower right) and titled (lower left); inscribed in pencil (on the reverse)
  • Gouache on paper
  • 11 3/4 by 14 1/2 in.
  • 29.8 by 36.8 cm
  • Executed in 1958.

Provenance

Private Collection, Paris
Private Collection, New York (by descent from the above)

Condition

The medium is gouache on paper. The surface in generally good condition, colors are bright and fresh. There is a little lifting in the green central area, and two very minor horizontal scratches evident in the pink and blue areas in the lower left quadrant. There are two spots of discoloration in the central blue semi-circle. Verso, there is some discoloration, possible associated with an earlier mount. Some minor mat stain visible around edges of sheet. In otherwise good condition and ready to hang.
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