Lot 2
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NICOLAS DE STAËL | Etude de Fleurs

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
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Description

  • Staël, Nicolas de--Lecuire, Pierre
  • Etude de Fleurs
  • signed; signed and dedicated on the reverse
  • oil on cardboard
  • 12 x 22 cm; 4 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.
  • Executed in 1952.

Provenance

Pierre and Françoise David, Paris (acquired directly from the artist in 1952)
Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, 1981; catalogue, p. 23, illustrated

Literature

Françoise de Staël, Nicolas de Staël, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Neuchâtel, 1997, p. 384, no. 512

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. The signature in the lower right corner has faded, as visible in the catalogue illustration. The blue surface is slightly dusty. Upon very close inspection, a tiny loss is located to the blue impasto in the center close to the upper edge. There is a chip located on the rim of the lower edge. This work is in good condition.
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