Lot 162
  • 162

PAUL-DÉSIRÉ TROUILLEBERT | The ferryman on the Loire

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paul-Désiré Trouillebert
  • The ferryman on the Loire
  • Signed lower right Trouillebert ; bears an old number on the back 5262
  • Oil on canvas
  • 65 x 81 cm ; 25 1/2 by 31 7/8 in.

Provenance

Probably acquired by the present owners' family before World War II ;
Thence by descent to the present owners

Exhibited

Collections privées, Musée des Beaux Arts, Béziers, 1969, n° 151

Literature

Claude Marumo, Thomas Maier, Bernd Müllerschön, Paul-Désiré Trouillebert, catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Stuttgart, 2004, n° 553, illustrated

Condition

Rather good overall condition. The painting is on its original canvas. It would benefit from a light cleaning. Under UV light : Two small retouches : one in the water, on the left of the barque ; on in the lower right.
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