Bram van Velde

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Vente: Sotheby's, Londres, 28 juin 2001, lot 214
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Jacques Putman, Charles Juliet, Bram van Velde, Paris, 1975, p.122, no.70, illustré
Maeght Editeur, Derrière le Miroir: Bram van Velde, Paris, 1975, p.20, no.1, illustré

This work is in good condition. Executed on a cream wove paper. There are some craquelures to the 3 small dots of impasto with pin sized dots of paint losses associated. There is a 2 cm paint loss at the centre of the upper part of the composition (15cm from the top edge). Colours: the illustration is quite accurate although the overall tonality is brighter in the original.
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signed with the initials on the back; gouache on paper. Executed in 1971.