Lot 511
  • 511

Henri Hayden

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Hayden
  • Nature morte à la bouteille de rhum
  • Signed Hayden. (lower left); signed Hayden, inscribed Paris and dated 1918 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 3/8 by 28 3/4 in.
  • 54.2 by 73.1 cm

Provenance

Arthur G. Altschul (acquired directly from the artist on June 11, 1954)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, November 8, 2006, lot 378
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, Barnard Collects, The Educated Eye, 1989, n.n.
San Francisco, Gallery Modernism, Modern Masters, Works from the 1910s to 1960s, 2011, n.n.

Literature

"École de Paris," Les Cahiers d'Art, no. 22, November 1955, no. 20F, illustrated p. 6
Jean Selz, Hayden, Geneva, 1962, illustrated pl. 14

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. Thin lines of cracking are visible throughout the composition. Overall surface is a bit dirty. Under UV light: certain pigments fluoresce and a couple thin strokes of inpainting are present toward the center right edge. Overall the work is in good condition.
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