Lot 178
  • 178

Takanori Oguiss

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Takanori Oguiss
  • Mairie de Saint-Denis, Le Beffroi
  • signed Oguiss (lower right); signed Oguiss, inscribed Mairie St Denis and 189 rue Ordener Paris 18 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 92 by 65.4cm., 36 1/4 by 25 3/4 in.

Provenance

Massimo Cassani, Milan (probably)
Luigi Prada, Milan (probably acquired from the above)
Ivanoe Fraizzoli, Milan (acquired from the above in 1960)
By descent from the above to the present owner in 1980

Exhibited

Milan, Galleria Gussoni, Oguiss mostra personale, 1953, no. 25 (titled Mairie de St Denis)

Condition

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals a few tiny spots of retouching along the extreme upper edge. There are fine lines of stable craquelure in places. This work is in overall very good original condition.
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