Lot 37
  • 37

Camille Bombois

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Camille Bombois
  • Baigneuses surprises (Surprised bathers)
  • signed Bombois C. and dated 1930 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 65 by 81.5cm., 25 1/2 by 32 1/8 in.

Provenance

Sale: Chapelle, Paris, 14th December 1969, lot 142
Oscar Ghez Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Geneva, Le Petit Palais, Cinq peintres naïfs français, 1975-6, no. 14, illustrated on the cover
France, Musée Jean Vinay de St-Antoine l'Abbaye, un Siècle d'art Naïf, 1989, illustrated in the catalogue
Geneva, Le Petit Palais, Le Douanier Rousseau et Primitifs du XXème siècle, 1990-91
Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, Rousseau, ligabue e altri. Primitivi europei del XX secolo, 1993, illustrated p.93
Canada, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, De Caillebotte à Picasso - Chefs-d’oeuvre de la collection Oscar Ghez, 2006-07, no.92, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Condition

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals no signs of retouching. The canvas is slightly undulating and there is evidence of frame rubbing along the lower and right edges. There is a small paint loss towards the lower part of the right edge. Otherwise this work is in overall very good condition.
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