Lot 154
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GASTON CHAISSAC | Personnage visage rose no. 3

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Gaston Chaissac
  • Personnage visage rose no. 3
  • signed
  • oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 96,5 x 63,5 cm ; 38 x 25 in.
  • Executed in 1959-1960.

Provenance

Galerie Callu-Merite, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Nantes, Musée des Beaux Arts, Gaston Chaissac, June - October 1965; catalogue, no. 137, p. 25
Paris, Galerie Messine- Thomas Le Guillou, Chaissac, November - December 1969
Paris, Le Grand Palais, salon des Indépendants, Le Génie des Naïfs, 14 April - 2 May 1982
Flaine, Centre d'art, Gaston Chaissac: dessins, peintures, sculptures, 12 February - 17 April 1983; catalogue, p. 33
Paris, Fondation Mona Bismarck, Gaston Chaissac, 15 March - 6 May 1989
Carcassone, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Gaston Chaissac, 10 June - 15 September 1989
Dôle, Musée municipal, Gaston Chaissac, October - December 1989
L'Isle sur la Sorgue, Hôtel Donadeï de Campredon, Gaston Chaissac. Rétrospective, 8 June - 21 October 1990; catalogue, no. 73, p. 59, illustrated in colour
Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt, 14 March - 9 June 1996 
Tübingen, Kunsthalle,  22 June - 11 August 1996
Wupertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, 10 November 1996 - 5 January 1997
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, 25 January - 6 April 1997

Condition

Imperfections to the surface such as folds or creases are the result of the laying down process and are inherent to the artist's technique. The canvas is slightly wavy as a result. Faint foxing spots are visible in the beige area along the lower edge.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Thomas Le Guillou.