Lot 217
  • 217

Louis Valtat

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis Valtat
  • Parterre de pivoines et tulipes
  • Signed L. Valtat (lower right)
  • Oil on burlap
  • 32 by 39 1/2 in.
  • 81.2 by 100.3 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, France

Condition

The painting is in good condition. The canvas has been strip-lined. There are four small repairs to the reverse of the canvas in the upper left quadrant with presumed associated retouching to the pigment on the recto. There is a further repair to the canvas in the lower left quadrant. Some minor paint loss to the lower right quadrant approximately 3/4 in. long. When examined under UV light, there is scattered retouching throughout the composition.
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