Lot 172: VALÉRIE FAVRE | Le troisième frère Grimm: James Blonde (triptych)

oil on canvas
Executed in 2005.

250 x 150 cm ; 48 7/16 x 59 in. (each) ; 250 x 450 cm ; 48 7/16 x 177 1/8 in. (overall)

The colours in the printed catalogue are fairly accurate although the original work is softer. There are faint wear marks in the lower left corner of the left panel. There are two tiny losses in the center of the composition, visible under close inspection only. This work is in very good condition.
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Hans-Christian Dany, Christian Janecke, Alexander Koch, Maïté Vissault,  La nouvelle peinture allemande, Paris, 2005, illustrated
Pierre Nahon, L'Histoire de la Galerie Beaubourg III, 1994-2009, Paris, 2009, p. 265, illustrated

Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2005