Lot 178
  • 178

Moïse Kisling

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Moïse Kisling
  • Nu debout de dos
  • Signed Kisling (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 32 1/8 by 17 7/8 in.
  • 81.6 by 45.4 cm

Provenance

Sale: Parke-Bernet, New York, May 21, 1969, lot 171
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent

Literature

Jean Kisling, Kisling, 1891-1953, vol. II, Turin, 1982, no. IV.I, illustrated p. 282

Condition

Work is in good condition. Canvas is lined. There is a thick layer of varnish on the surface. Two small surface abrasions with one area of associated loss four inches below figure's hand. Under UV light: scattered strokes of inpainting around extreme edges to address prior frame abrasion, otherwise fine.
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