15th Jun, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
629
Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) French
"Notre Dame from the Place Saint Michel, Paris"
Signed, inscribed and stamped verso with the artist's inventory number AB26, 31.5cm by 45cm
Provenance: Christie's, London, "19th Century European Pictures", 13th September 2006, lot 67
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
Some very light surface dirt. The odd brush bristle trapped within the paint. The frame has slightly rubbed the outer edges, in particular to the lower left side with minor associated losses and to the lower and upper right side. See images. Possibly some very minor tiny areas of craquelure to the paint above the shop to the top of the tree trunk, below the branches. Otherwise appears in good overall condition. See additional images.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 15th Jun, 2024
“Woman with a Sewing Machine”, a rare early lithograph made by a 17-year-old David Hockney, is to lead the Modern and Contemporary Art Sale on 15th June. The lithograph, which is one of approximately five proof versions of this unpublished print, is being sold by the descendants of Hockney’s school friend and fellow artist David George Fawcett (1935-1973). One of the other proof copies is held in the collection of the Tate.
The sale will also include a group of four works by mining artist Tom McGuinness. The works were purchased directly from the artist by lifelong friend of the artist Sidney Lockey, the pair having first met at school in Witton Park.
Also on offer will be works by the likes of Anne Isabella Brooke, John Hoyland, Damien Hirst and Philip Naviasky.
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Thursday 13th June - Friday 14th June 10am-4pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am.
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