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Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
  • COMÉDIEN
  • signé avec les initiales GRD et titré Comédien (en bas à droite)
  • plume et encre sur papier
  • 59,7 x 40,1 cm
  • 23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.

Provenance

Georges Hugnet, Paris
Jean Chauvelin, Paris
Acquis auprès du précédent par le propriétaire actuel en 1973 lors de l'exposition à la Galerie Jean Chauvelin

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Jean Chauvelin, Georges Hugnet et ses amis, 1973
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris-Berlin 1900-1933, 1978, no. 317
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ; Francfort, Schirn Kunsthalle, The Dada and Surrealist Word Image, 1989-90 

Condition

Executed on white laid paper, laid down on thick paper. The edges are very slightly irregular, as though the sheet was cut by hand, although this is not visible when framed. A close inspection reveals two small restored tears, of 4cm and 1cm, in the upper right corner and three tiny restored tears along the left edge. There is a small water-stain visible towards the lower right corner. Apart from some light general time-staining and a few scattered light spots of foxing, notably on the handle of the rightmost object, his work is in good condition. Please note that the original paper is much less pink, more cream, in colour that it appears in the catalogue illustration. Please refer to the e-catalogue at www.sothebys.com for a more faithful image.
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Catalogue Note

signed with the initials 'GRD' and titled 'Comédien' (lower right), ink on paper. Executed circa 1920.