Lot 280
  • 280

Gustave Loiseau

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Gustave Loiseau
  • Pommiers en fleur
  • Oil on canvas
  • 19 7/8 by 18 in.
  • 50.4 by 45.7 cm

Provenance

Acquired by Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in Paris circa 1952
Awarded in the their divorce to Janet Leigh in 1962
Thence by descent

Condition

Work is in very good condition. Canvas is lined. Colors are bright and fresh and there is a well preserved, textured impasto throughout. Under UV light there is one pindot of retouching in the cloud at center and a few tiny strokes at the extreme lower edge to address frame abraision.
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