Lot 147
  • 147

ALFRED MANESSIER | Pâques

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Alfred Manessier
  • Pâques
  • signed and dated 61 ; signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 61 twice on the reverse and on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 100 x 81 cm ; 39  3/8  x 31  7/8  in.
  • Executed in 1961.

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

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue are fairly accurate although they are more contrasted than in the original work. Artist pinholes are visible under close inspection. This work is in very good condition. Under UV light inspection, there are no traces of restoration.
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