Lot 222
  • 222

Albert Marquet

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • La Montée de Montplaisant
  • Signed Marquet (lower right)
  • Oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 12 7/8 by 19 3/4 in.
  • 32.5 by 50.1 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Madame Albert Marquet, France (acquired from the above)
Methey, Galerie de l'Élysée, Paris (acquired from the above in 1954)
Sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 16, 1955, lot 143
Pierre Bonnard, Paris
Galerie Félix Vercel, Paris
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 25, 1990, lot 74
Sale: Hôtel des ventes, Enghein-les-Bains, April 12, 1992, lot 42
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 25, 1994, lot 14
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Jean-Claude Martinet & Guy Wildenstein, Marquet: L'Afrique du Nord, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 2001, no. I-377, illustrated in color p. 293

Condition

This work is executed in oil on paper, laid down on canvas. When examined under UV light, there is evidence of some cosmetic retouching to a line approx. 2 in. long in the background of the upper right quadrant of the composition. Further retouching to the upper right and upper left corners. Some light scattered cosmetic retouching to the lower right quadrant. The painting is clean and in very good condition.
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