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FRANÇOISE GILOT | Femme à l'enfant (Autoportrait avec Paloma)
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Françoise Gilot
- Femme à l'enfant (Autoportrait avec Paloma)
- signed F. Gilot (lower right); inscribed Pour Nadia Petrova très affectueusement oct 49 I on the verso
- pencil on paper
- 50.5 by 65.5cm., 19 7/8 by 25 3/4 in.
- Drawn in 1949.
Provenance
Nadia Petrova-Léger (a gift from the artist in October 1949)
Diane Deriaz, Paris (sale: Hôtel des Ventes Vallée de Montmorency, Paris, 11th March 2014, lot 102)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owners
Diane Deriaz, Paris (sale: Hôtel des Ventes Vallée de Montmorency, Paris, 11th March 2014, lot 102)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owners
Exhibited
Chilleurs-aux-Bois, Château de Chamerolles, Femmes artistes, passion, muses et modèles, 2012, n.n.
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount along all four edges and floating in the mount. The edges are deckled. There is a repaired tear to the lower edge, approximately 7cm. long, and two further small tears to the lower edge. There is a further repaired tear to the upper part of the right edge, approx 4cm. long. There are some minor handling marks visible around the edges and some faint creases notably to the lower left corner. The pencil is strong and this work is in overall good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This work is registered in the artist's archives under the number 70840.