Virtual Catalogue Raisonné

L'Arc de Triomphe et l'avenue Friedland, c. 1950-1960

EC00432

L'Arc de Triomphe et l'avenue Friedland

Date of Work: Circa 1950-1960

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size: 13x18

Provenance: Findlay Galleries, Inc., Chicago (label verso); Sotheby's Arcade, Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, February 21, 1990, lot 151; Sotheby's Arcade, Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, February 28, 1992, lot 108; with Heritage Auction 2013 November 8 European Art Signature Auction - Dallas #5142 Lot 63066

Notes: "L'Arc de Triomphe et l'avenue Friedland" by Edouard Leon Cortes, is signed lower right Edouard Cortes. The painting is on unlined canvas; minor frame abrasions along extreme edges; stretcher creases along all four edges; surface grime/discolored varnish layer; under UV exam, appears to be scattered dots of in-painting along extreme edges to address frame wear, a minor touchup in sky near tips of trees at upper right, as well as spots of overpaint in man and woman by tree and street stand at left, in carriage driver and horse in foreground, carriage in background, and in the three largest figures at far right.