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CHARLES LAVAL | Femmes au bord de la mer
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description
- Charles Laval
- Femmes au bord de la mer
- signed Charles Laval and dated 1889 (lower left)
- gouache and watercolour on paper
- 21,5 x 30,6 cm ; 8 1/2 x 12 in
- Executed in Martinique in 1889.
Provenance
Max Pellequer, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Condition
Executed on buff wove paper, laid down on paper, affixed to the mount in several points along the extreme edges and floating in its mount. The upper edge is unevenly cut (visible in the catalogue illustration). The sheet is slightly undulating. There is a small dot of paper skinning to the left part of the upper edge and two small nicks towards the centre of the left edge. The sheet is light stained with scattered dots of foxing. This work is in overall good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Charles Laval, who met Gauguin in Pont-Aven, travels with him to Martinique in 1887. They work together there and bring home from their trip a series of artworks including the magnificent Femmes au bord de la mer. It is in fact possible that this gouache was included among the 6 subjects devoted to that trip that Laval exhibited at the famous "Volpini" exhibition organised by Gauguin and his friends at the Café des Arts on the periphery of the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in which they had been denied the possibility to exhibit. This extremely rare gouache, very little of Laval's oeuvre remains, less than 10 paintings, is clearly related to the superb oil now in the collection of the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec à Albi.