Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2493Location: BostonDate / Time: January 29, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Albert Braitou-Sala (French, 1885-1972)
Standing Portrait of Young Woman with Red Shoes
Signed, inscribed, and dated "Braitou-Sala/Paris 1926" l.r., inscribed "Braitou
Sala" in pen on a partial label from Ch. Pottier, Paris, on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 76 3/4 x 38 1/4 in. (194.9 x 96.7 cm),framed.
Condition: Patch reinforcements, retouch, craquelure, surface grime.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Duct tape was applied along veritcal edges on back where stretcher is nailed into frame.
Label on stretcher from Ch. Pottier, Paris, is inscribed in ink, "Braitou/Sa..."