Virtual Catalogue Raisonné

La Porte Saint-Denis (# 6), c. 1920

EC00368

La Porte Saint-Denis (number 6)

Date of Work: Circa 1920

Medium: Gouache on cardboard

Size: 11x18 1/2

Provenance: Sold: Atelier Edouard Cortes; by descent Mme.  Jacqueline Simone, daughter of the artist; with Olivier Coutau Begarie, Paris, November 7, 1997 (expert Nicole Verdier) Lot: 63

Notes: "La Porte Saint-Denis (# 6)", was painted by Edouard Leon Cortes. By using gouache as a medium, Cortes was able to capture this wonderful scene plein-aire because of the quick drying time. Like other early gouache paintings, it is signed lower right, Ed. Cortes, and inscribed verso. Note: Included in the Catalogue Raisonné for the Complete Works of Edouard Leon Cortes, Vol. I, Nicole Verdier, expert