EDOUARD CORTÈS | PONT ALEXANDRE III

Property from a San Francisco Estate
EDOUARD CORTÈS
French
1882 - 1969
PONT ALEXANDRE III

signed Edouard Cortes. (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 15⅛ by 24 in.; 38.5 by 61 cm
framed: 21¼ by 30⅜ in.; 54.5 by 77 cm

We would like to thank Nicole Verdier for confirming the authenticity of this painting, which will be included in her forthcoming Volume III of the Edouard Cortès Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint.

Condition Report:
Oil on canvas, unlined. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from pigment separation in the more thickly painted areas and some minor undulation to the canvas at center left. Under UV light, there is some minor retouching at the upper right corner and a few small scattered dots of retouching.

Provenance:
David Klein, Los Angeles

Rehs Galleries, New York, by March 2002

Guardian Mortgage Co., Inc., Richardson, Texas, by November 2002

Rehs Galleries, New York

Acquired from the above, July 2017