Lot 208
  • 208

GUSTAVE LOISEAU | Rue à Pont-Aven

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gustave Loiseau
  • Rue à Pont-Aven
  • signed G. Loiseau (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 65cm., 21 1/4 by 25 5/8 in.
  • Painted in 1922.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2015

Condition

The canvas is not lined. UV light inspection reveals some fluorescence along the edges which may relate to retouching from frame rubbing. There are fine lines of craquelure predominantly to the areas of thick impasto and there are some tiny fly spots in places. Overall this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue raisonné of the Works of Gustave Loiseau being prepared by Didier Imbert.