Modern Discoveries
Modern Discoveries
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Georges Rouault
Pancrace (Tête de clown)
Lot Closed
October 19, 01:42 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Georges Rouault
1871 - 1958
Pancrace (Tête de clown)
with the atelier stamp on the reverse
oil on paper laid down on canvas
26.3 by 18.8cm., 10⅜ by 7⅜in.
Framed: 37.5 by 30cm., 14¾ by 11¾in.
Painted circa 1940.
Estate of the artist
Richard Nathanson, London (acquired from the above in 1971-72)
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1972
Richard Nathanson, London (acquired from the above in 1971-72)
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1972
Giuseppe Eskenazi & Hajni Elias, A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, fig. 44, illustrated in colour p. 47 (as dating from 1945-48)
Olivier Nouaille & Olivier Rouault, Rouault L’Œuvre Peint, Paris, 2021, vol. III, no. 3198, illustrated p. 234
Olivier Nouaille & Olivier Rouault, Rouault L’Œuvre Peint, Paris, 2021, vol. III, no. 3198, illustrated p. 234