Lot 15
Lot 15
ÉMILE CHAMBON: LE SURRÉALISME POÉTIQUE PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
Émile Chambon (1905-1993)

Conversation (le couple)

Price Realised GBP 10,000
Estimate
GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000
Closed: 30 Jun 2017
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Émile Chambon (1905-1993)

Conversation (le couple)

Price Realised GBP 10,000
Closed: 30 Jun 2017
Price Realised GBP 10,000
Closed: 30 Jun 2017
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Émile Chambon (1905-1993)
Conversation (le couple)
signed and dated `E.CHAMBON 1950' (lower left); inscribed 'INTIMITÉ CONVERSATION Le fauteuil rouge' (on the stretcher)
oil on board
25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (64.9 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Provenance
Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
M. Priscille, `Émile Chambon à Paris, Une peinture sans demi-mesures', in La Suisse, Geneva, 6 May 1985 (illustrated; titled 'Conversation').
M. Wolpert & J. Winter, Figurative Paintings, Paris and the Modern Spirit, Atglen, 2006 (illustrated).
P. Clerc, Émile Chambon, La magie du réalisme, Paris, 2011, p. 110, fig. 118.
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