Lot 415
  • 415

Françoise Gilot

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Françoise Gilot
  • Paloma ecolière
  • Signed F. Gilot (lower right); inscribed pour Ismael très affectueusement Portrait de Paloma and dated London March 1960 (on the verso)
  • Brush and ink on paper
  • 22 3/8 by 14 7/8 in.
  • 56.8 by 37.7 cm

Provenance

Ismael de la Serna, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Roz Kaplan, New York (acquired by 1978)
Acquired from the above

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper. The top and bottom edges are deckled. There is minor mat burn to the periphery of the sheet and some mat staining to the sheet verso. There is tape residue to the center of the verso of each of the four edges. The pigment is strong and bold, this work is in excellent original condition.
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