La sieste de Claudine

Details

Marcel Dyf (1899-1985)
La sieste de Claudine
signed 'Dyf' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 28 ¾ in. (60.4 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1960

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 12 December 2012, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Sold with a photo-certificate from Claudine Dyf, this work is registered in the Marcel Dyf archive under no. 1661.

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