拍品 93
  • 93

LUCIEN LÉVY-DHURMER | Man with a Turban

估價
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
  • Man with a Turban
  • inscribed and dated hurleurs / 1900 upper left and signed, dated and dedicated A Monsieur / à Madame  Constans / en respectueux et cordial souvenir / L. Levy Dhurmer /1901 lower right; inscribed in Persian O Hussein Moudahouan
  • pastel on paper laid on board
  • 47 by 39.5cm., 18½ by 15½in.

來源

Jean Antoine Ernest Constans (acquired from the artist in Constantinople in 1901. Constans, 1833 – 1913, was a French politician and diplomat, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1898 and 1909, and a friend of statesmen Léon Gambetta and Armand Fallières and artists including Alfred Stevens and Paul César Helleu); thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Pastel on paper laid on cardboard. The board is flat, even, and ensuring a stable support. There are some signs of wear along the edges, and one small tear with associated paper loss is visible in the centre of the left framing edge, covered by the frame. There are some grey areas of discoloration in the black pastel in the man's turban and collar, also visible in the catalogue illustration. Otherwise, colours are strong and vibrant. This work is in overall good condition and is ready to hang. Presented glazed, in a decorative gilt frame.
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