Lot 227
  • 227

Edouard-Léon Cortès

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Edouard-Léon Cortès
  • Flower Market at La Madeline
  • signed Edouard Cortès (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 13 by 18 in.; 33 by 45.7 cm.

Provenance

Galerie F. Clair, Paris, 1948;
Herbert Arnot, Inc., New York in 1949 from the above;
Singer, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 1949 from the above;
Howard Portnoy Gallery, Carmel, California;
Private Collection, Santa Barbara, California;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Condition

The canvas is unlined. The surface of the work is in excellent condition. Under UV; evidence of minute inpainting to cover repaired tear (approximately 1 in. from right edge, 3 in. from bottom).
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