Lot 136
  • 136

OLIVIER DEBRÉ | Petit intérieur

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
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Description

  • Olivier Debré
  • Petit intérieur
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 58 ; signed, titled and dated 1958 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 27, 5 x 35 cm ; 10  13/16  x 13  3/4  in.
  • Executed in 1958.

Provenance

Collection Joseph Pauly, Luxembourg
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Verviers, Le Musée de Verviers, Les Collections d'Art Contemporain du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 9 October - 4 November 1965
Luxemburg, Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Un amateur luxembourgeois, de l'école de Paris, Joseph Pauly-Groff, 29 May - 8 July 1990; catalogue, no. 20

Condition

The colours in the catalogue illustration are more contrasted than in the original work. Stabilized cracks are visible under close inspection in the black paint. In the center of the composition a tiny uplift is visible under raking light inspection in the yellow area. This work is in good condition. Under UV light inspection, no traces there are no traces of restoration.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity delivered by Sylvie Debré-Huerre.