Lot 85
  • 85

Eugène Grasset

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Eugène Grasset
  • Sainte Geneviève veillant sur Paris
  • signed EGrasset and dated 98 (lower left)
  • watercolour on paper
  • 17 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

Private collection, France

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down, hinged to the overmount with tape along the upper edge. There are some paper and adhesive remnants along the extreme edges of the verso and to the extreme lower edge of the recto (not visible when framed). The upper, left and lower edges are unevenly cut. There is a pinhole to the upper left corner. There are a few handling marks along the extreme edges. The sheet is light stained and is slightly undulating. This work is in good original condition.
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