ID 717827
Lot 528 | ANDRÉ MASSON (1896-1987)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
Gardiens du feu
signed 'andré masson' (lower left); dated and inscribed 'Gardiens du feu Huile et sable 1959' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
49 1⁄4 x 41 3⁄8 in. (125 x 104.8 cm.)
Painted in 1958-1959
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 08703), by whom acquired directly from the artist by 1985.
Urban Company Limited, Japan.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1993, lot 36.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Post lot text
The Comité André Masson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist: | André Masson (1896 - 1987) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Artist: | André Masson (1896 - 1987) |
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Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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