The European Art Sale

The European Art Sale

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Property from a San Francisco Estate

Edouard-Léon Cortès

Triporteur, Avenue des Champs-Elysées

Lot Closed

October 25, 04:02 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a San Francisco Estate

Edouard-Léon Cortès

French

1882 - 1969

Triporteur, Avenue des Champs-Elysées


signed Edouard Cortès (lower right); inscribed 19529 and stamped with copyright statement on the reverse

oil on canvas

canvas: 13 by 18 inches; 33 by 45.7 cm

framed: 20⅛ by 25¼ in.; 51.1 by 64.1 cm


We would like to thank Nicole Verdier for confirming the authenticity of this painting, which will be included in her forthcoming Volume III of the Edouard Cortès Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint.

Edouard Cortès to Galerie F. Clair, Paris, 1955
Herbert Arnot Inc., New York, 1955
Wally Findlay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 24 January, 1956
Private collection, United States
Thence by descent
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 28 January, 2011, lot 224
Private collection, United States