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Lot 24
  • 24

Georges Mathieu

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
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Description

  • Georges Mathieu
  • Dante II
  • huile sur toile
  • 140 x 200 cm; 55 1/8 x 78 3/4 in.
  • Exécuté en 1958.

Provenance

Collection particulière, Paris

Exhibited

Antibes, Château-Musée Picasso, Les Mathieu de Mathieu, 1976; catalogue, no.13, illustré en couleurs (no.3)

Condition

The colours are more brighter and vivid in the original than in the catalogue illustration. The work is executed on its original canvas, not relined. Are only visible under very close inspection : - 1 tiny paintloss (approx. 0,3 cm) located 44 cm from the right edge and 50 cm from the upper edge - 1 tiny paintloss (approx. 0,1 cm) located 60 cm from the right edge and 50 cm from the lower edge - a thin crack (approx. 0,2 cm) located 64 cm from the right edge and 35 cm from the lower edge - a tiny loss of canvas located at the extremity of the upper left corner Only visible under UV light, 2 minor dots located 12 cm from the upper edge and 75 cm from the right edge fluoresce. This work is in very good condition.
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