Lot 17
  • 17

Albert André

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Albert André
  • Femme à sa toilette
  • Signed Albert Andre (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 21 3/4 by 18 1/8 in.
  • 55.3 by 46.3 cm
  • Painted in 1943 (according to an old label on the stretcher).

Provenance

Sale: Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, December 15, 1949, lot 70
James Graham and Sons Gallery, New York (not before 1955)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, February 23, 1993, lot 10
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas. Canvas is not lined. There is frame rubbing on all edges. There is some minor to moderate craquelure throughout, most prevalent in the upper portion of the work. There are a few thin horizontal cracks notably in her standing leg. Under UV there is no apparent inpainting. The work presents very well.
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