Lot 26
  • 26

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva
  • Le Four à Pain
  • signed and dated 55
  • graphite and coloured pencil on paper laid down on cardboard
  • 25.6 by 34 cm. 10 1/8 by 13 3/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Portugal
Galeria 111, Lisbon
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Sochaux, Maison des Arts et Loisirs, Vieira da Silva, 1976, no. 56

Literature

Guy Weelen and Jean-François Jaeger, Vieira da Silva: Catalogue Raisonné, Geneva 1994, p. 254, no. 1279, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the catalogue illustration fails to convey the metallic quality of the graphite and overall tonality is deeper in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The cardboard is attached verso to the backing mount. Visible only when inspected in raking light are a few superficial and unobtrusive scratches in isolated places, which are in keeping with the artist's working process and choice of medium.
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