Lot 410
  • 410

MARÍA BLANCHARD | Jeune fille

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • María Blanchard
  • Jeune fille
  • pastel on paper laid down on canvas
  • 100 by 73cm., 39 1/2 by 28 3/4 in.
  • Executed circa 1926-28.

Provenance

Private Collection, France
Galería Gavar, Madrid
Private Collection, Madrid
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Geneva, Petit Palais, Année internationale de la femme: Femmes peintres de l'école de Paris, 1975, n.n.
Zaragoza, Museo e Instituto de Humanidades Camón Aznar, María Blanchard, 1981, n.n.
Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporaneo, María Blanchard, 1982, no. 93 Madrid, Palacio de Velazquez, Ortega y su tiempo, 1983, n.n.

Literature

Antonio Miguel Campoy, María Blanchard, Madrid, 1981, illustrated p. 51
Liliane Caffin Madaule, Catalogue raisonné des œuvres de María Blanchard, London, 1992, vol. II, n.n.,  illustrated in colour p. 278
Maria Jose Salazar, María Blanchard, Catàlogo razonado, Pintura 1889-1932, Madrid, 2004, no. 233, illustrated in colour p. 509

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on canvas. There are a number of artist's pinholes to each of the four corners.There is some frame abrasion and associated paper losses to the extreme edges, most prominently to the corners. There are three repaired tears to the left side of the work, the longest measuring approximately 5cm, and none of which interfere with the figure's face. There are a few scattered surface scratches in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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