Lot Essay
The gouache is a study for the oil on glass Le Violon (Lafranchis no. F.41; ex-collection Léonce Rosenberg).
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Nature morte
Details
Louis Marcoussis (1883-1941)
Nature morte
signed and dated 'Marcoussis 1921' (lower left)
gouache and pencil on paper
15 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (39.3 x 27.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Nature morte
signed and dated 'Marcoussis 1921' (lower left)
gouache and pencil on paper
15 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (39.3 x 27.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
André Horn, Strasbourg (with his collector's stamp).
Mrs. Hottinguer, Basel, by 1961, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Mrs. Hottinguer, Basel, by 1961, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Lafranchis, Marcoussis, sa vie, son oeuvre, catalogue complet des peintures, fixés sur verre, aquarelles, dessins, gravures, Paris, 1961, no. D.43 (illustrated p. 306).
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