Lot 240
  • 240

Roger de La Fresnaye

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Roger de la Fresnaye
  • Etude pour L'Homme blond
  • Signed La Fresnaye and dated 1922 (lower right)
  • Pen and ink, ink wash and pencil on paper laid down on card
  • 7 1/2 by 5 3/4 in.
  • 19 by 14.6 cm

Provenance

Stanley N. Barbee, Beverly Hills
Sale: Parke-Bernet, New York, November 11, 1959, lot 9

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Roger de la Fresnaye, 1950, no. 169
Arts Club of Chicago, Drawings 1916-1966, 1966, no. 31

Literature

Germain Seligman, Roger de la Fresnaye, Neuchâtel, 1969, no. 363, illustrated p. 215

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper laid down on card. Sheet is slightly time-darkened particularly at extreme edges. Line and color are strong. Work is in very good condition.
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