Lot 2
  • 2

Louis Valtat

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Forêt de Compiègne
  • stamped L.V. (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 33.1 x 24 cm ; 13 x 9 1/2 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London
Akram Ojjeh (sold : Christie's, New York, 9 November 1999, lot 218)
Monsieur Georges Bemberg 

Literature

Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat, Catalogue de l'Œuvre peint 1869-1952, Paris, 1977, vol. I, no. 1666, illustrated p. 186 

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light; this work is in excellent original condition.
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