Lot 282
  • 282

ROBERT COMBAS | Le Pianiste

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Combas
  • Le Pianiste
  • signed
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 162 by 129.5 cm. 63 3/4 by 51 in.
  • Executed in 1987.

Provenance

Galerie Beaubourg, Paris
Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired from the above in 1988)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Jim Palette, Robert Combas: Le Fan, Etc, Paris 1989, p. 105, illustrated in colour
Bernard Marcadé, Robert Combas, Paris 1991, p. 134, illustrated in colour
José-Emilio Pacheco, La Lune Décapitée, Paris 1991, illustrated in colour (cover)

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate. Condition: Unexamined out of its frame. This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some media and splash accretions in places throughout and a light superficial layer of dust. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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