Lot 44
  • 44

José Maria Sert

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • José Maria Sert
  • Etude pour 'Vers la Victoire', La Défense de l'Alcazar, 1940 - 1942
  • photograph
Tirage argentique unique d'époque. Annoté TOL au crayon bleu au verso.

Provenance

Atelier de l'artiste
Collection particulière française

Literature

José Maria Sert: Le Titan à l'oeuvre, cat. expo., Paris, Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris/Paris-Musées, 2012, ill. p. 167, pl. 126 ;
José Maria Sert: études photographiques, cat. expo., Paris, Galerie Michèle Chomette, 1988, ill. s.p.;
Jose Maria Sert: 1874-1945, cat. expo., Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, 1987, ill. p. 233.

Condition

This silver print is in good condition. With a pinhole in each of the corners due to the enlargement process. With few very light handling marks in the right section, two tiny creases in the lower left quadrant and a light vertical fold in the center, all visible in raking light only.
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Catalogue Note

Décor pour la chapelle de l'Alcazar de Tolède, Espagne. Projet non réalisé.