Lot 153
  • 153

Charles Camoin

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Camoin
  • Le Port de Saint-Tropez au soleil couchant
  • signed Ch Camoin and dated 1954 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 65 by 81cm., 25 6/8 by 31 7/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Musée Galliera, Regards sur la peinture Contemporaraine, 1954-55, no. 14

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a spot of paint loss to the fourth brown boat towards the centre of the composition. UV inspection reveals no evidence of retouching. Overall this work is in very good original condition.
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