19th-Century European Art
19th-Century European Art
Gustav Adolf Mossa
Venus and Vulcain
Live auction begins on:
February 5, 07:00 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
Bid
4,800 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gustav Adolf Mossa
French 1883 - 1971
Venus and Vulcain
inscribed, signed, and dated upper right: VÈNVS ET VULCAIN / GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA / NICIENSIS PINXIT MCMIX
watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink over pencil on paper
sheet: 15 by 8 in.; 38.1 by 20.3 cm (sight)
framed: 23 by 16 in.; 58.4 by 40.6 cm
Private collection, New York;
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 18 November 2003, lot 389;
Where acquired by the present owner.
We are grateful to Christian Lombart Mossa of the Association Mossa Symbolique, Paris, for confirming the authenticity of the present work which will be included in his forthcoming Gustav Adolf Mossa catalogue raisonné.