Lot 452
  • 452

Albert Marquet

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • PAYSAGE DE SIDI BOU SAID
  • signed Marquet (lower left)
  • oil on canvas

  • 50 by 61cm., 19 5/8 by 24in.

Provenance

Sale: Bernheim Jeune, Paris, 19th November 1923
M. Brisac, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Sale: Christie's, London, 24th June 1986, lot 164
Gallerie Urban, Paris

Literature

Jean-Claude Martinet & Guy Wildenstein, Marquet, L'Afrique du Nord, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 2001, no. I-611, illustrated p. 448

Condition

The canvas is not lined. There is a 5cm. by 1cm. area of retouching to the centre of the bottom edge, three nailhead-sized spots of retouching to the centre, three pinhead-sized spots to the centre of the right edge, one pinhead-sized spot to the centre of the top edge, and intermittent spots of retouching running along the top edge, probably to cover previous frame rubbings . All retouching is visible under UV light. This work is in good condition. Colours: OVerall fairly accurate although brighter in the original.
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