Lot 178
  • 178

Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli
  • The Hunting meeting
  • Signed lower right Monticelli ; Bears the 1936 exhibition label on the reverse
  • Oil on panel
  • 44,5 x 61,5 cm ; 17 1/2 by 24 1/4 in.

Provenance

Azenay-Voisin former Collection ;
Sale, Pontoise, June 5th 1999, lot 154 ;
Purchased from the above by Antal Post de Bekessy ;
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Monticelli, Exposition du cinquantenaire, Musée Cantini, Marseille, 1936, n°161

Literature

Sauveur Stammegna, Catalogue des oeuvres de Monticelli, Vence, 1986, Volume II, n°874 (illustrated in reverse)

Condition

Under UV light : - several repaints alongside the borders - important repaint above the figure in yellow on the left ; another one between the figure with green hat and the women - a few retouches scattered on the surface - a small rift (approx. 3cm) on the left from the border, towards the middle Nice frame (some losses).
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