Lot 68
  • 68

Serge Charchoune

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Serge Charchoune
  • COMPOSITION
  • signé Charchoune (en bas à droite) 
  • huile sur toile
  • 17,1 x 27,1 cm
  • 6 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.

Provenance

Kunsthandel M.J De Boer, Amsterdam
Collection particulière, Pays Bas
Gallery Lasés, Paris
Collection particulière, Paris

Literature

Pierre Gueneguan, Serge Charchoune 1888-1975, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1931-1950, n.d. (2007), no. 1944/038, reproduit p. 241

Condition

The canvas is not lined. A close examination reveals a very small hairline craquelure in the red pigment towards the centre of the composition. Examination under UV light reveals a 1cm long diagonal line of retouching towards the centre of the lower edge. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Charchoune' (lower right), oil on canvas. Painted in 1944.