Lot 550
  • 550

Edouard Cortès

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edouard Cortès
  • Porte Saint Denis, Paris
  • signed Edouard Cortès (lower right); stamped with the artist's copyright stamp and numbered 4211 (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 13 by 18 in.; 33 by 45.7 cm.

Provenance

Galerie F. Clair, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Herbert Arnot Inc., New York, by October 1949
Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, by November 1949
Acquired by the mother of the present owner from the above
Thence by descent

Condition

Oil on canvas, not lined. The surface appears to be in generally good condition aside from a small area of small white dots at lower center and some scattered white dots in the sky. The surface, however, is clean, fresh, and presents well. Under UV light, the surface is covered by a green fluorescing varnish. No apparent retouches are visible. The work is ready to hang in its current condition.
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