Lot 64
  • 64

Othon Friesz

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • Othon Friesz
  • Esquisse pour: la Seine, sa source et ses affluents, l'Yonne, la Marne
  • signed E Othon Friesz and dated 1937 (lower right); monogramed EoF, titled la seine, sa source et ses affluents, l'Yonne, la Marne and dated 37 (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 21 3/8 x 25 5/8 in.

Provenance

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21st June 1984
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

Robert Martin & Odile Aittouarès, Émile Othon Friesz, L'œuvre peint, Paris, 1995, no. 548, illustrated p. 202

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There are two small areas of shrinkage towards the centre of the right edge and some further fine lines in places. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. This work is in very good condition.
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