Lot 442
  • 442

Auguste Herbin

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Auguste Herbin
  • Pape III
  • signed Herbin and dated 1948 (lower right) and inscribed Pape (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 100 by 80cm., 39 3/8 by 31 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie des Etats-Unis, Cannes
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1972

Exhibited

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Herbin, 1956, no. 47
Bern, Kunsthalle, Auguste Herbin, 1882-1960, 1963, no. 59
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Auguste Herbin, 1882-1960, 1963, no. 76

Literature

Geneviève Claisse, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint d'Auguste Herbin, Paris, 1993, no. 902, illustrated p. 439

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there are no traces of retouching visible under UV light. There is some hairline craquelure to the upper and lower left parts of the lower black square, and a few further fine lines to the upper black square. There is some minor frame rubbing to the edges. This work is in very good condition.
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