Lot 378
  • 378

Charles Lapicque

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Lapicque
  • La Bugatti
  • Signed Lapicque (lower right)

  • Oil on board
  • 25 1/8 by 30 in.
  • 63.8 by 76.3 cm

Provenance

Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Private Collection, France

Exhibited

Bern, Kunsthalle; Munich, Städtische Galerie; Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble; Le Havre, Musée du Havre, Rétrospective, 1962
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Lapicque, 1967

Literature

Bernard Balanci, Charles Lapicque: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint et de la sculpture, Paris, 1972, no. 11

Condition

The board is sound and affixed to a wooden mount for display in shadow-box style frame. The surface texture is finely worked and wonderfully varied. The extreme outer edges of the board show some raised imperfections visible to the naked eye. Under UV light: these outer edges fluoresce and appear to have been retouched. The upper right corner also fluoresces, though the entire surface is covered with a thick layer of varnish and this varnish prevents a conclusive analysis. The work is in overall good condition.
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