Virtual Catalogue Raisonné

Le Lavoir, 1924

EC00390

Le Lavoir, 1924

Date of Work: 1924

Medium: Oil and tempera on cardboard

Size: 18 1/2x11

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: 84

Notes: "Le Lavoir, 1924" was painted by Edouard Leon Cortes. The painting is signed lower left, Edouard Cortes. Again, Cortes is able to introduce local color in a simple impressionistic style using oil and tempera (the combination quickens drying time) to capture the place where woman go to do their wash with a quaint village as a back drop. Genius! Note: Included in the Catalogue Raisonné for the Complete Works of Edouard Leon Cortes, Vol. I, Nicole Verdier, expert