Lot 20
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ANTONIO SAURA | Manola 2

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
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Description

  • Antonio Saura
  • Manola 2
  • signed and dated 63; signed, titled and dated 1963 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 195 x 97 cm ; 76 3/4 x 38 3/16 in.
  • Executed in 1963.

Provenance

Galerie Stadler, Paris
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Christie's, London, Contemporary Art (Part I), 4 December 1996, lot 27
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Galerie Pierre Matisse, 1964
Jason Mc Coy Inc, 1991
Lugano, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Antonio Saura, 4 September - 6 November 1994; catalogue,  p. 28, no. 28, illustrated; p. 62, illustrated in colour (incorrectly catalogued) 

Literature

Gerard de Cortanze, Antonio Saura, Paris, 1994, p. 127 (illustrated in colour, incorrectly catalogued)

Condition

The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. The rims are covered by the frame. Under Ultra Violet Light inspection there one small in-painting is visible in in the right half of the canvas towards the center. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

© Succession Antonio Saura / www.antoniosaura.org / A+V Agencia de Creadores Visuales 2019. 

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Fondation Archives Antonio Saura. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity established by the Fondation Archives Antonio Saura.