Georges Valmier

Private Collection, Monaco (sale: Sotheby's, London, 27th June 1984, lot 183)
Galerie Seroussi, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Galerie Heyraud-Bresson, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Whitford Fine Arts, London

London, Kaplan Gallery, Cubist Painters, 1963, no. 47, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Composition a la bouteille)

Denise Bazetoux, Georges Valmier, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1993, no. 649, illustrated p. 181

The canvas is lined. There is scattered craquelure throughout the work, with associated retouching throughout. In addition there is a 3cm. sq. area of retouching in the white paint to the centre left, a 6cm. line of retouching in the lower left quadrant and an area of retouching to the brown paint in the lower right quadrant. All retouching is visible under UV light. This work is in stable and in overall fair condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration.
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