Lot 6
  • 6

Gustave Loiseau

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gustave Loiseau
  • Petite rue à Triel-sur-Seine (Rue à Pissefontaine)
  • Signed gLoiseau (lower left); titled Rue à Pissefontaine (on the stetcher, possibly in another hand)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 15 1/8 by 18 1/4 in.
  • 38.5 by 46.5 cm
  • Painted circa 1905.

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (acquired from the artist on December 5, 1919)
M. Royer Bressé sur Braye, Sarthe, France (acquired on November 5, 1930)
M. Barasse, Paris, France (acquired on April 15, 1942)
Sale: Eric Pillon Enchères, Versailles, France, December 13, 2015 lot 59
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

The medium is oil on canvas. The canvas is not lined. There is very nice impasto which remains fresh throughout. There is some minor frame rubbing and surface dirt. There is some very minor pigment separation and very minor cracquelure in the sky and the light blues. There is some minor surface dirt. Under UV: there are some old, faded dashes of retouching along the top visible edge. The colors are vibrant and strong and the work presents very well.
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