Lot 219
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JULIO GONZÁLEZ | Femme à sa toilette (Mujer aséandose) (Women at Her Toilette)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Julio González
  • Femme à sa toilette (Mujer aséandose) (Women at Her Toilette)
  • oil on canvas
  • 80 by 65cm., 31 1/2 by 25 5/8 in.
  • Painted circa 1924-25.

Provenance

Roberta González, Paris (the artist's daughter)
Carmen Martínez & Viviane Grimminger, Paris
Private Collection

Literature

Tomàs Llorens Serra, Julio González, Catálogo general razonado de las pinturas, esculturas y dibujos, 1920-1929, Madrid, 2013, vol. III, no. 1749, illustrated in colour p. 254

Condition

The canvas is not lined. Inspection under UV light reveals some scattered spots of retouching to the background as well as spots and lines of retouching to the sitters right arm, the largest measuring approx. 2cm. There are fine lines of craquelure, most notable to the upper left quadrant and to the sitter's arms. The impasto is thick and rich. This work is in overall good condition and may benefit from a clean.
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