EDOUARD CORTÈS | RUE ROYALE & LA MADELEINE

Property from the Estate of Frank J. Caufield
EDOUARD CORTÈS
French
1882 - 1969
RUE ROYALE & LA MADELEINE

signed EDOUARD CORTES. (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 13 by 18 in.; 33 by 46 cm
framed: 19¾ by 24¾ in.; 50 by 63 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.

We are grateful to Vicki Arnot of Arnot Gallery for her assistance in researching this work.

Condition Report:
Oil on canvas, unlined. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from surface dirt and some more thinly painted passages, where the artist has used the canvas as part of the composition. The work retains some impasto. Under UV light, there is minor retouching at the upper left corner.

Provenance:
Arnot Galleries, New York, no. 11797

Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, February 28, 1992, lot 104, illustrated

Acquired at the above sale