LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor, charcoal and pencil on paper

Size Notes:

9½ by 12¼ in.

Edition:

Executed circa 1885-90.

Description:

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Markings:

Property Sold to Benefit the O'Donnell Foundation

Condition:

Executed on cream laid paper. The sheet is hinged in two places along the top edge verso. The sheet is unevenly cut and there are artist pinholes in all four corners. The sheet undulates slightly, is slightly timestained and the pigments are slightly faded. Very minor discoloration to the extreme edges is only visible under very close inspection. One pindot point of impact to the lower right corner. Commensurate with age, a few pindot spots of foxing are scattered throughout the sheet. One possible repaired tear 1/4 inch long at the lower vertical right edge, and another at the upper right corner. This work is in very good condition. Framed: 18 3/4 by 21 1/2 in. (47.6 by 54.6 cm.)

Literature:

John Rewald, Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné, Boston, 1983, no. 252, p. 146, illustrated Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné, www.cezannecatalogue.com, no. FWN 1211, illustrated (accessed 19 April 2022)

Provenance:

Ambroise Vollard, Paris Curt Valentin, New York Estate of Marguerite Wyler, Harrison, New York Christie's New York, 15 May 1986, lot 114 (consigned by the above) Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York Acquired from the above in 1986 by the present owner