Lot Essay
Jean-Pierre Klein Montézin and Cyril Klein Montézin have confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
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Les Halles, le marché aux légumes
Details
Pierre Eugène Montezin (1874-1946)
Les Halles, le marché aux légumes
signed 'Montezin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (59.5 x 73 cm.)
Les Halles, le marché aux légumes
signed 'Montezin' (lower right)
oil on canvas
23 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (59.5 x 73 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 18 February 1988, lot 39.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 6 May 1998, lot 226.
Private collection, New York.
Thomas Colville Fine Arts, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 6 May 1998, lot 226.
Private collection, New York.
Thomas Colville Fine Arts, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Pierre Montezin, November - December 1938, no. 8.
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