Lot 11
  • 11

Paul Signac

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paul Signac
  • Etude de cyprès
  • pencil on paper
  • 14 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.

Provenance

Ginette Signac (the artist's daughter)
Jack Chambrin
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Melun, Espace Saint-Jean, P. Signac, 1989, listed in the catalogue no. 55 (untitled Etude pour un arbre et un personnage)

Condition

Executed on thin cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount along the upper edge. The right edge is unevenly cut. There is a pin prick towards the centre of the right edge. There are small stains to the lower left corner due to previous mounting. There are scattered flattened creases to the sheet, a few handling marks in places and some faint spots of foxing to the upper left corner.
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