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Sat, May 18, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1626

Edouard Léon Cortès

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

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(French, 1882-1969)

Place de la Republique, signed lower left "Ed. Cortès", inscribed verso in pencil with two addresses including the artist's, colorman stamp "The Paris American Art Co....Paris", oil on artist board, 6-1/4 x 8-5/8 in.; carved and gilt wood frame, 11-1/4 x 13-1/2 in.

Note: Edouard Cortès was able to purchase property at 22 rue Macheret in Lagny, inscribed verso, as a home for himself and his mother.

This painting will be included in Nicole Verdier's forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the works of Edouard Léon Cortès, volume III.

, Provenance: Sotheby's; Dallas Auction Gallery: October 2, 2013, lot 42; Christie's East: June 15, 1999, lot 354; Sotheby's London: May 4, 1988, lot 215; Property from an Important South Carolina Estate

Condition

dirt layer, slight convexity to board, minor abrasions at edges; frame with losses

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