Lot #1532: LOUIS MARCOUSSIS - Dame au chapeau - Gouache, watercolor, and crayon drawing on paper

   

Artist: Louis Marcoussis (Polish/French, 1878 - 1941).
Title: "Dame au chapeau".
Medium: Gouache, watercolor, and crayon drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1920.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (200 x 165 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $5,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $8,000/10,000
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in crayon, lower right recto; annotated in red pencil, upper right corner recto; collector ink stamp, verso. Painted on watermarked light cream laid paper. Very good condition; jagged left edge, the sheet undoubtedly removed from a sketchbook; a few minor losses left edge; pinhole center right; annotation in pencil, verso; remains of newspaper (?) upper center edge; presents very well. A Letter of Authenticity (LOA) accompanies the work. If you have a bona fide interest in bidding on this lot kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s).
Comment(s): We found two auction sales of comparable works to our example: "Homme a la pipe," pencil on paper, 9” x 6 5/8,” 1930, sold for $40,207 (€25,000) including premium at Christie’s London, South Kensington, 02/11/2011, lot #112; and “Portrait de Georges Hugnet,” mixed media (sanguine and pencil) on paper, 9 3/16” x 7,” 1930, Christie’s Paris, 12/01/2015, lot #131. Starting around 1911, Marcoussis was part of the Cubist movement alongside other avant-garde painters like Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris and those of the Section d'Or. His work was shown in exhibitions in many European cities as well as the United States. In 1925 he had his first solo exhibition in Paris. [30213-1-5000-NA]