Lot 146
  • 146

Gustave-Adolphe Mossa

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • Gustave-Adolphe Mossa
  • Paradis perdu
  • Titré en haut à gauche Paradis perdu ; Signé et daté en bas à droite Gustav Adolf Mossa MCMV
  • Aquarelle avec rehauts de gouache blanche sur papier
  • 48,5 x 29 cm ; 19 by 11 1/2 in

Literature

Jean-Roger Soubiran, Gustav-Adolf Mossa 1883-1971, Nice, 1985, p. 168, n°225

Condition

Unexamined out of the frame and under glass the artist’s very small pin holes are visible in each corner of the composition. There is a possible very light diagonal scratch in the lower left There are some small spots of possible light surface dirt notably towards the center of the upper edge. This picture is otherwise in good overall condition. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with a dark grey mat. The colours are slightly less pink in reality than in the catalogue illustration.
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