Lot 2
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Paul Signac

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Signac
  • Petit Andely
  • Signed P Signac, dated 1925 and titled (lower left)
  • Watercolor over crayon on paper laid down on paper
  • 10 1/2 by 16 1/2 in.
  • 26.7 by 42 cm
  • Executed in 1925.

Provenance

Mme. Cachin-Signac
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York
Private Collection, Brookline, Massachusetts (acquired from the above on April 21, 1960)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Watercolor over crayon on paper laid down on paper. Recto: Surface in generally good condition, colors are bright and fresh. Some mat and light stain, especially around the extreme edges. It appears that there was a vertical crease which has been laid flat approximately three inches from the extreme right edge running the length of the sheet. There is a very small paper loss, less than 1/8 inch, visible in the lower left corner of the sheet. The original sheet has been laid down on another piece of paper, verso not visible.
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