Lot 466
  • 466

Moïse Kisling 1891-1953

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Moïse Kisling
  • FLEURS BLEUES DANS UN VASE
  • signed Kisling (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 1/8 by 10 3/4 in.
  • 41 by 27.5 cm.

Provenance

Fannie Brenner Collection, New York
Mrs. Sloan Farley, New York
Maison Bernard, Caracas, Venezuela
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1969

Literature

Joseph Kessel & Jean Kisling, Kisling 1891-1953, vol. I, Turin, 1971, p. 239, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Good Condition. Original canvas. Surface is slightly dirty. There are a few areas of craquelure in the white vase. Under UV light: there are a few strokes of inpainting along the upper edge, otherwise fine.
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