Lot 180
  • 180

Françoise Gilot

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Françoise Gilot
  • Claude by the Sea
  • Signed F. Gilot. (lower right); inscribed Claude (on the verso)
  • Gouache and brush and ink on paper
  • 22 1/4 by 14 3/4 in.
  • 56.5 by 37.4 cm

Provenance

David Findlay Galleries, New York
Mimi Shellenberger, Greenwich, Connecticut
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the estate of the above)
A gift from the above in 2011

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Executed on thick cream colored paper. The edges of the sheet are deckled and there are artist's pinholes at all four corners. There is some staining to the extreme edges of the sheet, especially along the top edge. The paper is somewhat time darkened overall. The medium is very fresh.
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