Lot 412
  • 412

ANDRÉ BRASILIER | Symphonie de printemps

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • André Brasilier
  • Symphonie de printemps
  • signed André Brasilier (towards lower centre); signed with the initials A.B. and titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 130 by 162cm., 51 1/8 by 63 3/4 in.
  • Painted in 1987.

Provenance

Galerie Etienne Sassi, Paris & Hong Kong
Private Collection, Japan (acquired by 2000)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Yann le Pichon, André Brasilier, ses transfigurations, Paris, 1989, illustrated in colour p. 58 (with inverted dimensions)
Xavier de Coulanges, André Brasilier, Catalogue raisonné 1982-2002, Lausanne, 2002, vol. I, no. 1987/69, illustrated in colour p. 104

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a layer of varnish preventing the UV light from fully penetrating, however UV examination appears to reveal no signs of retouching. There is some very minor frame rubbing visible to the extreme edges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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