Lot 109
  • 109

Maxime Maufra

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Maxime Maufra
  • Le Matin, oued d'El-Kantara
  • Signed Maufra and dated 1913 (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas 
  • 29 1/4 by 36 1/4 in.
  • 74 by 92 cm

Provenance

Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist)
d'Alayer Collection, Paris (by descent from the above)
David Findlay Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Palm Beach 
Sale: Matsart, Israel, December 1, 2009, lot 115
Acquired at the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Durand-Ruel, Exposition Maxime Maufra, 1926, no. 59

Condition

Canvas is not lined. A beautifully textured and rich impasto is well preserved. Faint vertical stretcher bar mark is visible through center, mostly in the sky. Under UV light two thin, vertical lines of inpainting are visible at lower 1/2 of left edge, otherwise fine. This work is in very good condition.
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