Lot 70
  • 70

Moïse Kisling

Estimate
35,000 - 55,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Moïse Kisling
  • Portrait de jeune fille
  • signé Kisling, situé Paris et daté 1947 (en haut à droite)
  • huile sur toile
  • 41,2 x 27,1 cm ; 16 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.

Provenance

Leon Bagrit, Royaume-Uni
Don de la veuve du précédent au propriétaire actuel

Condition

The canvas is unlined. There is a small minor dent in the green pigment to the girl's right hand shoulder and a small 1.5 cm line of abrasion towards the centre of lower edge (visible in the catalogue illustration). There is a 1cm thin line of surface scratch to the lower part of the girl left hand shoulder. Apart from a few minor dots and thin lines of retouching visible under UV light corresponding to slight frame rubbing along the extreme edges. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Kisling', situated 'Paris' and dated '1947' (upper right); oil on canvas. Painted in 1947.