Henri Charles Manguin

Succession de l'artiste
Collection particulière, France (acquis auprès du précédent en 1978)
Par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Paris, Galerie de Paris
Londres, A. Tooth, Henri Manguin, 1966, no. 24

Lucie et Claude Manguin, Henri Manguin, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1980, Neufchâtel, no. 926, reproduit p. 301

The canvas is not lined. There are two very slight areas of minor surface abrasion (the larger of which is approx. 5 cm long) in the sky. There is a very small paint loss to the upper left corner and a few small specks of paint lossrunning vertically along the lower part of the left edge. There are a few tiny scattered fly spots. Under UV light, there is no evidence of retouching. This work is in very good condition.
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signed 'manguin' (lower left); oil on canvas. Painted in 1930.