Chaïm Soutine
La Cité Falguière
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara & Ira Lipman
Chaïm Soutine
1893 - 1943
La Cité Falguière
Signed Soutine (lower center)
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 by 21 3/4 in. (46 by 55.2 cm)
Framed: 24 1/2 by 28 in. (62.2 by 71 cm)
Painted in 1914.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming Volume III of the Chaim Soutine Catalogue Raisonne by Maurice Tuchman and Esti Dunow, currently in preparation.
The canvas is lined. There is some fine craquelure, most notable in the center left of the composition. There is a minor frame abrasion, mostly along the lower edge. Under UV light, there is no inpainting apparent but a milky varnish obscures further reading. The work is in good condition.
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