Lot 418
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PIERRE ROY | Le Port de Stockholm

Estimate
800 - 1,200 EUR
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Description

  • Pierre Roy
  • Le Port de Stockholm
  • monogramed P.R., inscribed SHOLM and dated 11.48 (lower left)
  • pastel on paper
  • 44,5 x 28,8 cm;  17 1/2  x 11 3/8  in.
  • Executed on 1948.

Provenance

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, July 8, 1999, lot 58
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Exhibited

Montauban, Musée Ingres, Rencontres d'art, 1978, no. 22
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Pierre Roy (1880-1950), 1994-95, no. 129

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, affixed to the mount with transparent plastic supports. There are pinholes, notably towards the upper left and right corners and to the centre of the lower edge. There is tape remnant on the verso along the extreme edges. There is a repaired tear (approx. 7 cm long) towards the centre of the lower edge (not visible when framed). There are handling marks and media marks along the edges (possibly original). The sheet is light stained and there are a few dots of foxing in places. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. This work is in overall good condition.
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