Lot 513
  • 513

Moïse Kisling

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Moïse Kisling
  • TAMARIS
  • signed Kisling (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 46.3 by 55cm., 18 1/4 by 21 5/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Bordeaux

Literature

Jean Kisling, Kisling, 1891-1953, Paris, 1995, vol. III, no. 111, illustrated p. 332

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There are small areas of retouching to the upper two corners, and two lines of retouching running approx. 5cm. up both edges from the bottom corners. There are three areas of retouching near the top of the tallest mast, and some scattered spots of retouching lower down the rigging. There is a 3cm. line of retouching above the tree, and another 3cm. line extending upwards from the crown. All retouching is visible under UV light. Apart from some further scattered spots of retouching in the vicinity of the tree, this work is in fairly good condition.
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