Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952) Boules de neige et pavot

Description:

Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952)

Boules de neige et pavot
Signed "L. Valtat" l.l., identified in a brochure from Wally F Galleries, Inc., New York, and on a photo-certificate from Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris (see below).
Oil on canvas, 18 x 14 3/4 in. (46.0 x 37.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Minor craquelure in areas of heaviest impasto.

Provenance: The estate of Walter F. Goodman.

Literature: Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat: catalogue de l'oeuvre peint 1869-1952 (Neuchâtel: Ed. Ides et Calendes, 1977),p. 300 (ill.),as no. 2693.

N.B. The lot is accompanied by a brochure about Valtat from Wally F Galleries, Inc., New York, the final page of which is a guarantee of authenticity for this work signed by Walstein C. Findlay, Jr., dated January, 1966, and by a photo-certificate signed by Yves Hémin, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, dated November 10, 1965.
The Estate of Walter F. Goodman.
Estimate $15,000-25,000

Numbered "20533" and "5827"on the stretcher, and with a partial label from "Arthur Le... et Cie., Paris, Transports Internationaux" on the stretcher.


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