Citrouilles et châtaignes, Louis Valtat

Property from a Private Collection, Europe
Louis Valtat
1869 - 1952
Citrouilles et châtaignes

signed L.V (lower right); titled faintly on the stretcher
oil on canvas
59.6 by 73cm., 23½ by 28¾in.
Framed: 83.5 by 96.5cm., 32⅞ by 38in.
Painted circa 1909.

This work is recorded in the archives of "l’Association Les amis de Louis Valtat."

Condition Report:
The canvas is not lined and there do not appear to be any signs of retouching visible under UV light. There is a nail-sized hole in each corner (two in the lower right) and one at the centre of each edge. There is a small hole to the right side of the lower pumpkin and several paint losses most of which are located to the ochre pigment overlaying the yellow in the pumpkins. There are some fine lines of craquelure in places. There are some scattered fly spots and surface dirt. This work is in overall fairly good condition.

Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

Provenance:
Private Collection, France (sold: Sotheby's, London, 20th June 2018, lot 175)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner