Lot 240
  • 240

Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Noüy

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Noüy
  • View du Malleval (Loire)
  • inscribed and dated Malleval (Loire) 1870 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas.  Together with Théodore Valerio, French War Ship, oil on canvas. 2 works.
  • the first 11 by 9 5/8 in.; the second 16 by 10 1/2 in.
  • 28 by 22 cm; 40.6 by 26.7cm

Provenance

The first: By descent through the family of the artist
W.M. Brady & Co., New York
Acquired from the above, 2003
The second: Sale, Christie's East, October 15, 1993, lot 352, illustrated
Shepherd Gallery, New York, 1995

Exhibited

The second: New York, Shepherd Gallery, Nineteenth Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, November 29, 1994- January 14, 1995, no. 20, illustrated

Condition

The first: This work is in good condition aside from a dimple at the upper center of the work and some very minor small scattered stains. Under UV there is some impainting throughout the sky, especially along the top edge and the upper right edge.
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Catalogue Note

Please see page 161 for an additional illustration of this lot.