François Gall

Pont St. Michel, Paris

Lot Closed

October 7, 02:26 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Galina and Alexander Shlepyanov, London

François Gall

1912 - 1987

Pont St. Michel, Paris

signed F. Gall and titled (lower right)

oil on canvas

60.5 by 49.5cm., 23⅞ by 19½in.

Framed: 82.1 by 71.1cm., 32⅜ by 28 in.

Painted circa 1946-1950.

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Comité François Gall.

Sale: Christie's, London, 27th October 2005, lot 52
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

This portrait depicts the artist's wife, Eugénie. Gall met Eugénie on the bank of the Seine in 1946.