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    6 November 2013

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    • Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
    Lot 340

    Albert Marquet (1875-1947)

    La douane et le port

    Price realised

    USD 106,250

    Estimate

    USD 50,000 - USD 70,000

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    Albert Marquet (1875-1947)
    La douane et le port
    signed 'Marquet' (lower right)
    oil on canvas
    21¼ x 25¼ in. (54 x 64.1 cm.)
    Painted in Algiers in 1942

    Provenance

    Private collection, Algiers (acquired from the artist, circa 1944).
    Private collection, Algiers (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 213.
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    J.-C. Martinet and G. Wildenstein, Marquet, L'Afrique du Nord, Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 2001, p. 239, no. I-276 (illustrated in color).


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    Saleroom Notice

    Please note this lot will be offered during the Morning Session on 6 November, immediately following the Works on Paper Sale commencing at 10:00 am.

    Please note this work is being sold with no reserve.


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