Lot 109
  • 109

Marcel Gromaire

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Marcel Gromaire
  • Arbre et maison
  • signed Gromaire (lower right) ; signed Gromaire and dated 1937 (on the reverse) 

  • oil on panel
  • 23.9 x 19 cm ; 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie de la Présidence, Paris
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Marcel Gromaire, 1980, no. 121

Literature

François Gromaire, Françoise Chibret-Plaussu, Marcel Gromaire, La vie et l'œuvre. Catalogue raisonné des peintures, Paris, 1993, no. 782, p. 269

Condition

The panel is sound. The grain of the wood remains visible with some small areas left deliberately unpainted. There is some stable shrinkage in the lower left corner. No evidence of retouching. Very good original condition.
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