Lot 193
  • 193

GEER VAN VELDE | Composition

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Geer van Velde
  • Composition
  • signed with the artist's initials; signed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 81 x 100 cm ; 31 7/8 x 31 3/8 in.
  • Executed circa 1950.

Provenance

Michel Guy Collection, Paris
Private Collection, France
Raymonde de Nicolay, Drouot, Paris, Estampes modernes, dessins et tableaux du XIXeme siècle et modernes, 15 July 2002, lot 164
Private Collection
Christie's Paris, Art d'Après-Guerre et Contemporain, 5 December 2006, lot 39
Acquired during the above sale by the present owner

Condition

The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. There are some wears and small paint chips along the edges and corners. Few small webs or hairline cracks are visible on the surface of the work. Nothing to report under UV light inspection. This work is in good condition
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Catalogue Note

This work, which has been recorded by Monsieur Pierre François Moget in the Archives Geer van Velde, will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné prepared by himself.
A certificate delivered by Monsieur Pierre François Moget will be handed to the buyer.