Lot 413
  • 413

LOUIS VALTAT | Vase de fleurs

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Vase de fleurs
  • signed with the artist's initials L.V (lower right)
  • oil on board
  • 41.5 by 22.5cm., 16 1/4 by 8 7/8 in.
  • Painted circa 1903.

Provenance

Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 1980s

Literature

Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat: Catalogue de L'œuvre Peint, 1869-1952, Paris, 1977, vol. I, no. 431, illustrated p. 48

Condition

Oil on board laid down on board. The board is stable and examination under UV light shows no signs of retouching. The upper and right edges of the board are uneven. There is a fine flattened crease running across the upper left corner (approximately 6cm. long) and there is a small spot of paint loss to the upper most white flower. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is recorded in the archives of “l’Association Les amis de Louis Valtat.”