Le Vif du Sujet, Félix Labisse

Property of a Private Collector
Félix Labisse
1905 - 1982
Le Vif du Sujet

signed LABISSE. (lower left)
gouache on paper
64.9 by 49.9cm., 25½ by 19¾in.
Framed: 88.7 by 72.4cm., 34⅞ by 28½in.
Executed in 1976.

This work is recorded in the artist’s archives held by Jean Binder.

Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in three places along the upper edge. There are artist's pinholes at all four corners (two in the lower left corner). The sheet is slightly undulating in places. There is some discolouration to the extreme right and left edges due to previous mounting and some associated small abrasions. There are some very fine spots of discolouration (possibly foxing) in places and a small stain to the centre of the lower left quadrant, one to the upper part of the right edge and one to the upper part of the left edge. There is a small tear to the upper part of the right edge (approx. 0.5cm). This work is in overall good condition.

Provenance:
Estate of the artist

Private Collection, Belgium (by descent from the above. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 4th February 2015, lot 416)

Private Collection, California (purchased at the above sale)

Acquired from the above by the present owner