Lot 155
  • 155

MARCEL GROMAIRE | Nu blond allongé

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Marcel Gromaire
  • Nu blond allongé
  • signed Gromaire and dated 1955 (lower right); signed GROMAIRE, titled Nu blond allongé and dated 1955 (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 65 x 80,5 cm; 25 5/8 x 31 5/8 in.
Painted in 1955.

Provenance

Galerie Louis Carré, Paris
Edouard & Jeannine Chapet, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Ecole de Paris, 1956, no. 64, illustrated in the catalogue n. p.
Chartres, Chambre du Commerce, Aspects de la peinture française depuis Cézanne, 1959  (titled L'Escaut)
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Marcel Gromaire, 1963, no. 100
Asnières, Salle des fêtes, 25e Salon d'Asnières. Hommage à Gromaire, 1964, illustrated in the catalogue p. 6
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition rétrospective des œuvres de Marcel Gromaire, 1966, no. 60
Amiens, Maison de la Culture, 1966, no.16
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Cent ans de peinture française, 1969, no. 55, illustrated in the catalogue p. 67
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Tableaux de Maîtres français. 1900-1955, 1973, no. 28, illustrated in the catalogue p. 44
Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Marcel Gromaire 1892-1971, 1980, no. 155

Literature

Artist's notebooks, no. 621 (HCB)
Raymond Nacenta, L'Ecole de Paris, son histoire, son époque, Neuchâtel, 1960, no. 41
François Gromaire & Françoise Chibret-Plaussu, Marcel Gromaire, La vie et l'œuvre, Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Paris, 1993, no. 645, illustrated p. 233

Condition

It has not been possible to see the work entirely unframed. The canvas is not lined and is undulating slightly. There is a milky varnish preventing UV light from fully penetrating, however examination under UV light appears to reveal a few spots of retouching to the upper left quadrant. There are a few small areas of thin lines of craquelure in places, most predominately to the centre of the lower edge. There is some frame rubbing along the extreme edges. This work is in overall good condition.
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