Pierre Bobot

Acquired by the owner's father in New York, ca. 1950

Lumière Du Laque: Pierre Bobot au Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 2002, p. 97 (for a closely related screen from this aerial views series depicting the Place de la Concord)
Viviane Jutheau, Jules et Andre Leleu, Paris, 1996, p. 176 (for a closely related screen from this aerial views series depicting Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre)

In generally very good overall condition. Surface has a very fine stable craquelure throughout consistent with this medium. There are very minor chips and rubbing to the edges and corners as expected from age and use. The two central panels each have an edge chip to the center of the top edge caused from rubbing against later brass mounting brackets that are present in the catalogue illustration but have now been removed to prevent any further rubbing. The back of the screen has some rubbing and scratches as the piece was formerly mounted flat against a wall.
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The artist's daughter, Marie-Thérèse Bobot, has confirmed that while her father may have depicted the same monument in a number of screens, for each screen he always chose to depict a different perspective viewpoint, which renders each screen unique.