Lot 340
  • 340

OSSIP ZADKINE | Sans titre (Les Joueurs de cartes)

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ossip Zadkine
  • Sans titre (Les Joueurs de cartes)
  • signed Zadkine and dated 20 (lower right)
  • gouache and pastel on paper
  • 70 by 52cm., 27 1/2 by 20 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1920.

Provenance

P. Gerbrands, Netherlands (possibly acquired directly from the artist in the 1920s)
Private Collection, Bath (by descent from the above in 1965)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper and not laid down. Hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. There are two artist's pinholes in the upper left and lower right corners respectively and a small spot of foxing towards the upper right corner. There is some minor evidence of frame rubbing to the pastel at the extreme edges. This work is in good condition.
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