Lot 378
  • 378

Achille Laugé

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Achille Laugé
  • Cailhau, vignes en automne devant Notre-Dame-des-Prés
  • Signed A. Laugé and dated 1931 (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 19 3/4 by 28 3/4 in.
  • 50.1 by 73 cm

Provenance

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

Condition

The canvas is unlined. The impasto is lively and strong, particularly in the lower half of the composition. There is craquelure throughout the sky. When examined under UV light, there is no evidence of any overpainting, some of the pigments have a natural fluorescence. The surface is clean and the painting is ready to hang on the wall.
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