Lot 150
  • 150

MAURICE DENIS | Forêt d'automne

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Denis, Maurice
  • Forêt d'automne
  • Signed with the artist's monogram (lower right); dated O.89 (upper right); signed Denis, titled and inscribed indistinctly (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 10 5/8  by 7 5/8  in.
  • 27 by 19.4 cm
  • Painted in October 1889.

Provenance

Madeleine Follain, France
Emilio Bertonati, Munich
Galerie Sabine Helms, Munch
JPL Fine Arts, London
Neffe-Degandt, London 
Acquired from the above on May 21, 1999

Condition

The canvas is unlined. There is a slight undulation to the paper. There is some minor frame abrasion to all four edges, and a small 1/2 inch loss to the lower right corner. The canvas is slightly dirty. Under UV light: Some original pigments fluoresce, with one or two minor strokes of possible inpainting to the lower left corner. This work is in overall very good condition,
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Catalogue Note

To be included in the forthcoming Maurice Denis catalogue raisonné being prepared by Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl.