Lot 233
  • 233

Louis Valtat

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • La Sieste
  • Stamped with the initials L.V (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 34 3/4 by 59 1/8 in.
  • 88.4 by 150.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Acquired by the present owner circa 1980

Exhibited

New York, Soufer Gallery, L. Valtat, 1981, n.n., illustrated on the cover of the catalogue

Literature

Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, vol. I, Paris, 1977, no. 2246, illustrated p. 250

Condition

The work is in very good condition. The canvas is not lined and is slightly buckled on its stretcher. The colors are fresh and vibrant. A couple faint lines of craquelure and minor scuffs and surface abrasions to the upper left quadrant. Under UV light: no inpainting is apparent.
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