Lot 197
  • 197

ALFRED MANESSIER | Les fruits qui tombent (Les fruits mûrs)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • Alfred Manessier
  • Les fruits qui tombent (Les fruits mûrs)
  • signed and dated 49; titled on the stretcher
  • oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 45,7 x 38,1 cm ; 18 x 15 in.
  • Executed in 1949.

Provenance

Galerie Billiet-Caputo, Paris
Private Collection, Oslo
Christie's London, Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale, 25 June 2004, lot 110
Acquired during the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Billiet-Caputo, Manessier- Peintures récentes, 22 November - 31 December 1949; catalogue, no. 20
Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Une demi-siècle de peinture française 1900-1950, 10 June – 3 July 1950
Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Alfred Manessier, 3-25 April 1965; catalogue, no. 9b
Lund, Lunds Konsthall, 10 May – 14 June 1965 ; catalogue, no. 8 

Condition

The edges of the work are covered by framing tape. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Madame Christine Manessier. This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Alfred Manessier currently in preparation.