Lot 233: ISTVAN SANDORFI |  Autoportrait au ballon bleu

oil on canvas

200 x 150 cm ; 78  3/4  x 59 in.

oil on canvas

There is 10x25 cm humidity stain towards the upper edge. There is a dent in in the right border towards the upper edge and in the lower left corner, as well as at the bottom towards the edge. There are handling marks along the edges visible under close inspection. There are a couple of small foxing spots in the upper right quadrant towards the right edge. There is a faint rub mark located in the upper right corner and in the middle towards the lower edge.
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Pierre Nahon, L'Histoire de la Galerie Beaubourg II, 1988-1994, Paris, 2009, p.240, illustrated in colour

Acquired from the artist by the present owners