Sale 12294
London, South Kensington
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24 June 2016
Price realised
GBP 18,750
Estimate
Francisco Borès (1898-1972) Assiette et compotier signed and dated 'Borès 1940' (lower right) oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (60 x 73 cm.) Painted in 1940
Provenance
Galerie Simon, Paris (no. 01702/17646). Etienne Vautheret, Lyon. Anonymous sale, Nouvel Hôtel des Ventes, Lyon, 26 November 1978, lot 1. Calart Contemporain, Geneva. Galeria Rojo y Negro, Madrid. Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6 February 2006, lot 441.
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Literature
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (ed.), Francisco Borès, Catálogo razonado, Pintura 1917-1944, Madrid, 2003, no. 1940/33 (illustrated p. 410).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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