Lot 184
  • 184

ANDRÉ BRASILIER | Musique à Versailles

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
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Description

  • André Brasilier
  • Musique à Versailles
  • signed at a later date André Brasilier (lower right); titled Musique à Versailles and signed with the initals A.B. (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 65,5 x 81,2 cm; 25 3/4 x 32 in.
  • Painted in 1987.

Provenance

Galerie Etienne Sassi, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987

Exhibited

Vancouver, Galerie Buschlen-Mowatte, In Search of the Invisible, 1988, illustrated in the catalogue p. 16-17

Literature

Yann le Pichon, André Brasilier, ses transfigurations, Paris, 1989, illustrated p. 162 (inaccurate dimensions)
Xavier de Coulanges, André Brasilier, Catalogue Raisonné 1982-2002, Lausanne, 2002, vol. I, no 1987/50, illustrated p. 98

Condition

It has not been possible to see the work entirely unframed. The canvas is not lined. Examination under UV light reveals no evidence of retouching. There is some frame rubbing along the extreme edges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Alexis Brasilier has confirmed the authenticity of this work.