Lot 3
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Etienne Cournault

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Etienne Cournault
  • Arlequin à la poupée, 1928
  • verre-églomisé
  • Framed : 140 x 49,5 cm ; 55 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.
verre-églomisé panel
Signed E. Cournault and dated 1928 lower right

Provenance

Sotheby's Monaco, October 8, 1977, lot 103
Nourhan Manoukian, Paris
Maître Claude Boisgirard, Paris, Succession Nourhan Manoukian, December 17, 1993, lot 52

Exhibited

Metz, Musée de la Cour d'Or, Etienne Cournault : 1891-1948, June 25 - October 24, 1994
Paris, Galerie Jacques De Vos, Pierre-Emile Legrain : 1889-1929, September 12 - October 12, 1996

Literature

Victor Arwas, Art Deco, London, 1992, illustrated p. 19
Etienne Cournault : 1891-1948, exhibition catalogue, Musée de la Cour d'Or, Metz, June 22 - October 24, 1994, illustrated p. 128, n. 45
Pierre-Emile Legrain : 1889-1929, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Jacques De Vos, Paris, September 12 - October 12, 1996, illustrated pp. 140-141

Condition

Overall in good condition. Some small scratches scattered on the surface. Several areas with wear and lacks of silvering, visible on the catalogue illustration, all consistent with age and gentle use. Close to the proper left hand, a vertical strip is slightly lifting up with one minor lack of material of approximately 0,6 x 0,3 cm. Scattered scratches, dents and wear of the paint on the frame and a few thin chips of wood especially on the edges. This lot has not been unframed.
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