Lot 144
  • 144

MARIA HELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA | Untitled

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 54
  • gouache on masonite
  • 34 x 39,5 cm; 13 3/8 x 15 9/16 in.
  • Executed in 1954.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Luxembourg, Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Un amateur luxembourgeois, de l'école de Paris, Joseph Pauly-Groff, 29 May - 8 July 1990

Literature

Guy Weelen, Jean-François Jaeger, Vieira da Silva, Catalogue Raisonné, Genève, 1994, p. 230, no. 1168, illustrated

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality of the original work is slightly softer.The edges are covered by the frame. There are tiny black stains throughout the surface visible under close inspection. Imperfections to the surface inherent to artist's technique. This work is in very good original condition.
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