Paysage No. 20

Details

Elie Kanaan (Lebanese, 1926-2009)
Paysage No. 20
signed 'E.S.Kanaan' (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed 'No.20 Paysage E.S.KANAAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 36 5/8in. (60 x 93cm.)
Painted in 1967

Provenance

Mr. Ernest Genton Collection, Lausanne (acquired directly from the artist).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Lausanne, Galerie L'Entracte, 1967-1968.

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Lot Essay

This work comes from the collection of Ernest Genton, founder and director of the gallery L’Entracte, one of the leading art galleries in Lausanne from 1947 to 1972. Genton held a solo show for Elie Kanaan’s paintings from December 1967 to January 1968.

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