Lot 351
  • 351

André Derain

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • André Derain
  • PORTRAIT DE FEMME DÉCOLLETÉE
  • signed Derain (lower right)

  • oil on canvas
  • 46 by 38cm., 18 1/8 by 15in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe (acquired by the 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

London, Wildenstein & Co, André Derain, 1957 (titled Femme au voile blanc)

Literature

Michel Kellermann, André Derain, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint: 1935-54, Paris, 1999, vol. III, no. 1712, illustrated p. 95

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is some light frame abrasion, mainly to the left and lower edges. There is a layer of surface dirt and discoloured varnish and the work would benefit from a clean. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition. Colours: overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, although the original is slightly more subtle.
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