Lot 385
  • 385

Albert Marquet

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • La Place
  • signed Marquet (lower left)
  • oil on panel
  • 33.1 by 41cm., 13 by 16 1/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in November 1929)
Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1935)
Private Collection (by descent from the above; sale: Christie's, London, 23rd June 2004, lot 181)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Les Œuvres de Bonnard, Marquet, 1934, no. 3
Jena, Stadtmuseum Jena, 100 Jahre Künstlergruppe Brücke. Sammlung Martha und Paul Rauert. Die Kunstler der Brücke in Jena, 2005, no. 53, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Frédéric Mégret, "Marquet" in La Vie des Arts, Paris, 1963-64, vol. XXXIII, illustrated p. 44
Jean-Claude Martinet & Guy Wildenstein, Marquet, L'Afrique du Nord, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2001, no. I-548, illustrated p. 400

Condition

The panel is sound and there do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. There are small scattered fly spots, notably along the left and lower edges which can be removed. This work is in overall good condition and would benefit from a clean.
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