Lot 122
  • 122

Henri Fantin-Latour

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Fantin-Latour
  • FLEURS DANS UN POT DE PORCELAINE BLANCHE
  • oil on panel
  • 14.6 by 20.3cm., 5 3/4 by 8in.

Provenance

Ferdinand Tempelaere, Paris
Alex. Reid & Lefèvre, London
Acquired by the present owner in London in 1997

Exhibited

London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Fantin-Latour, 1934, no. 6
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Huinck & Scherjon, Fantin-Latour, 1935, no. 9

Literature

Mme Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'œuvre complet de Henri Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, p. 34, no. 247

Condition

Painted on cradled panel. There are intermittent small lines of retouching running from the top towards the centre of the right edge, very few intermittent hairlines of retouching towards the centre of the lower edge and two small areas of retouching to the lower left corner. All retouching is visible under UV light. Apart from four 0.5cm. thin lines of retouching in the upper left quadrant and a spot of fluorescence within the flowers. visible under UV light, this work is in good condition.
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