Lot 382
  • 382

Henri Martin

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Martin
  • Groupe d'ouvriers
  • signed Henri Martin (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 59.9 by 44.1cm., 23 3/4 by 17 1/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Sweden (acquired in Paris in the 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner in 2004

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. The canvas is undulating; there has possibly been an impact in the upper right quadrant where the undulation is most prominent. There are a few isolated fine lines of craquelure. There is a lovely think impasto and this work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The present work is possibly a study for a painting that Henri Martin executed in 1914 for the Town Hall in Place Saint-Sulpice of the 6th arrondissement in Paris depicting an allegory of work.