Lot 159
  • 159

Jean Metzinger

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Metzinger
  • L'Arrivée du train
  • stamped Metzinger (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 18.2 x 12.6 cm; 7 1/8 x 5 in.

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, London, December 2, 1996, lot 105
Private collection, Europe
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 14, 2005, lot 202
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Exhibited

Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, 2006, illustrated in the catalogue p. 106

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the mount with tape in two places at the upper edge. Paper is time stained. There is a tiny nick at the upper right edge and there are a few spots of foxing in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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