Lot 195
  • 195

Moïse Kisling

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Moïse Kisling
  • Bouquet
  • signed Kisling (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 41.3 by 33.5cm., 16 1/4 by 13 1/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, France
Stéphanie Darnétal, Paris (acquired from the above before 1990)
Thence by descent to the present owner in 2001

Literature

Jean Kisling, Kisling, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1995, vol. III, no. 17, illustrated p. 222

Condition

The canvas is not lined and examination under UV light reveals no traces of retouching. There is a spot of pigment loss to the white pigment in the upper left quadrant, another to the pale blue pigment in the upper right quadrant and some further small spots towards the lower left corner. There is some paint shrinkage visible in the thicker pigments. There is a lovely impasto. This work is in overall good condition.
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