Lot 260
  • 260

Louis Valtat

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Bouquet de fleurs roses
  • Stamped with the initials L.V (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 18 1/4 by 15 1/4 in.
  • 46.4 by 38.8 cm

Literature

Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, vol. 1, Paris, 1977, no. 2612, illustrated p. 291

Condition

Canvas is lined and has been thickly painted with grey pigment on the reverse. The surface is slightly dirty with some small surface stains toward the lower right corner. Under UV light: Few spots of inpainting in the upper left quadrant, towards the upper left corner, including a nail head sized spot at the center of the left edge. There is also a nail head sized spot at the top corner of the bouquet and 2 pin dot sized spots just below the center of top edge. Otherwise fine, this work is in good condition.
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