Lot 52
  • 52

Auguste Herbin

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Auguste Herbin
  • Composition Mouvement
  • signé herbin (en bas à droite)
  • huile sur toile
  • 110 x 57 cm ; 43 1/4 x 22 3/8 in.

Provenance

Léonce Rosenberg, Paris
Carl Laszlo, Bâle, Suisse
Par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Kunstverein, Fribourg en Brisgau, 1958
Cologne, Galerie Bargera, 1974, no. 17

Literature

Geneviève Claisse, Herbin, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1913, no. 669, reproduit p. 397
Richard W. Gassen et Lida von Mengden, Auguste Herbin, le pionnier de l'art non-figuratif en France, 1997, reproduit p. 79

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Under UV light, some areas of retouching fluoresce in places notably in the pink background. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'herbin' (lower right), oil on canvas. Painted in 1930.