André Derain - Paysage - image-1

Lot 369 D

André Derain - Paysage

Auction 1099 - overview Cologne
01.12.2017, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 8.060 € (incl. premium)

André Derain

Paysage
1901

Watercolour and India ink on wove paper 37.8/38.2 x 44/44.5 cm Framed under glass. Signed 'A Derain' in India ink in the depiction lower right. - The sheet edges irregularly cut. - The upper right sheet corner with a restored loss of paper. Firmly mounted to mat card.

A fine, large-scale, early paper work of the artist who later became a fauvist; especially the free use of the representational means and the intensive colouring in green and blue indicate the later stylistic development.

Certificate

With a photo-certificate by Geneviève Taillade, the artist's great-nice, Comité André Derain, Paris, dated 28 December 2016.

Provenance

Artist's studio; Ader-Picard-Tajan auction, Paris, 27 Nov 1974, lot 8; Private collection, France