Lot 254
  • 254

Jules Pascin

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jules Pascin
  • La Petite actrice
  • Stamped Pascin (upper right)
  • Oil and charcoal on canvas
  • 28 3/4 by 36 1/8 in.
  • 73 by 91.7 cm

Provenance

Galerie L'Art Moderne, Lucerne
M. & Mme Jacques Jourda, Paris (and sold by the estate: Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1990, lot 220)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above in 1993

Literature

Yves Hémin, Guy Krogh, Klaus Perls & Abel Rambert, Pascin, Catalogue raisonné, peintures, aquarelles, pastels, dessins, vol. I, Paris, 1984, no. 582, illustrated p. 298

Condition

This work is in excellent condition. Canvas is not lined. Under UV light a layer of varnish fluoresces unevenly in places, especially along the lower left edge, but no inpainting is apparent.
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