Lot 374
  • 374

ARMAND GUILLAUMIN | Le Ravin de la folie, vue de Chateau Crozant

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Armand Guillaumin
  • Le Ravin de la folie, vue de Chateau Crozant
  • signed Guillaumin (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 54 by 69.3cm., 21 1/4 by 27 3/8 in.
  • Painted circa 1910.

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Sale: Christie's, London, 22nd February 1957, lot 51
Suzanne Adler (purchased at the above sale)
Sale: Bonhams, London, 23rd June 2014, lot 31
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

The Hague, Gemeente Museum, 1953, no. 92-35

Condition

The canvas is lined and inspection under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. There are some minor losses to the pigment in the sky. There are a few areas of discolouration above the purple horizon. There is some general surface dirt and this work would benefit from a clean. This work is overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in Volume II of the Catalogue raisonné Guillaumin being prepared by the Comité Guillaumin with Dominique Fabiani, Jacques de la Béraudière and Stéphanie Chardeau-Botteri.