Sunday, February 17, 2019
LOT #127

Edouard Cortes (French, 1882-1969) "Paris, Quai Montebello et Notre Dame" Oil on Canvas

c.1968, signed lower left; including a copy of the original invoice, a gallery guarantee and letter confirming that this work was used by Cartier for their 1996 holiday card; provenance: Edouard Cortès à Galerie F. Clair, Paris, France; Private collection, U.S.A.; Galleries Maurice Sternberg, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A; 2 October 1995, Private collection, Joliet, Illinois, U.S.A.; Family by descent, U.S.A.; to be included in volume III by Nicole Verdier ‘EDOUARD CORTES, Catalogue raisonne de l’oeuvre peint’ to be published in 2019

Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000

Hammer Price: $15,000

Dimensions: Height: 13 inches, Width: 18 1/4 inches; Frame Height: 20 1/4 inches, Frame Width: 25 1/4 inches

Condition: Very Good, light dirt accumulation overall; light over painting in the sky; light line and chipping along the top edge; pinhole by the artist; relined; light surface wear and chipping to the frame; not examined out of the frame

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