Lot 427
  • 427

ACHILLE LAUGÉ | Paysage aux grands arbres

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Achille Laugé
  • Paysage aux grands arbres
  • signed A. Laugé and dated 1916 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 45.4 by 36cm., 17 3/4 by 14 1/4 in.
  • Painted in 1916.

Provenance

Private Collection, Biarritz
Private Collection, France
Acquired from the above the present owner

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered strokes of retouching along the lower right edge and to the right of the lower edge. There are some minor scattered spots of inpainting to the centre of the composition. There is some fine horizontal craquelure to the thicker areas of impasto predominantly in the lower half. There is pigment shrinkage and stabilised craquelure in the extreme lower right of the composition. The work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by Nicole Tamburini.