Sale 5466
Paris
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31 May 2007
Price realised
EUR 12,000
Estimate
SERGE CHARCHOUNE (1888-1975) Clef de l'arabesque signé 'Charchoune' (en bas à droite); signé 'Charchoune' (au dos) huile sur panneau isorel 34.6 x 24 cm. (13 5/8 x 9½ in.) Peint en 1947.
Provenance
Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris Vente anonyme, Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 20 juin 1991, lot 60 Vente anonyme, Anaf, Lyon Brotteaux, 30 novembre 2003, lot 74 Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel
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Literature
R. Creuze, Serge Charchoune, tome II, Paris, 1976, No. 529 (illustré en couleurs p. 118).
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Post Lot Text
'CLEF DE L'ARABESQUE'; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; SIGNED ON THE REVERSE; OIL ON MASONITE.
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