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Charles Lapicque (French, 1898-1988) "Manoeuvres de nuit", 1958 Canvas signed, dated 58 with a naval anchor, titled on the back. Height 81, width 100 cm. Provenance: - Pescheteau-Badin-Godeau-Leroy; & De Ricqlès sale, Paris, 29 May 2000 - Perrin-Royere-Lajeunesse sale, Versailles 24 April 2005, - private collection, Olivet. Certificate of authenticity from Marc Metayer dated March 5, 2020. Exhibition: - "Lapicque", Maison des Traouïero, Perros-Guirec, 2007, repr. p.100 of the catalogue, - "Charles Lapicque, peintre de la mer", Musée national de la Marine, Rochefort, from May to December 2008, repr. p. 41 of the catalogue A naval painter between 1949 and 1966, "Charles Lapicque embarked in Brest in 1958 on the aviso Pimodan, for a series of manoeuvres in the Iroise Sea, some of which took place at night. This is a good opportunity to detail the bridge and the watchmen, the mast and the radar reflectors, the chimney and the stern, the ship in front in the shadow or the one behind. And to light up the canvas with black and dark red, with the brightness of the lamps and searchlights, the lighthouses at the top of the towers on land and the beacons on the coast" in René Le Bihan, "Lapicque", editions Le Télégramme, Brest, 2007, "La marine nationale en manœuvre", p. 28.
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Charles Lapicque (French, 1898-1988) "Manoeuvres de nuit", 1958 Canvas signed, dated 58 with a naval anchor, titled on the back. Height 81, width 100 cm. Provenance: - Pescheteau-Badin-Godeau-Leroy; & De Ricqlès sale, Paris, 29 May 2000 - Perrin-Royere-Lajeunesse sale, Versailles 24 April 2005, - private collection, Olivet. Certificate of authenticity from Marc Metayer dated March 5, 2020. Exhibition: - "Lapicque", Maison des Traouïero, Perros-Guirec, 2007, repr. p.100 of the catalogue, - "Charles Lapicque, peintre de la mer", Musée national de la Marine, Rochefort, from May to December 2008, repr. p. 41 of the catalogue A naval painter between 1949 and 1966, "Charles Lapicque embarked in Brest in 1958 on the aviso Pimodan, for a series of manoeuvres in the Iroise Sea, some of which took place at night. This is a good opportunity to detail the bridge and the watchmen, the mast and the radar reflectors, the chimney and the stern, the ship in front in the shadow or the one behind. And to light up the canvas with black and dark red, with the brightness of the lamps and searchlights, the lighthouses at the top of the towers on land and the beacons on the coast" in René Le Bihan, "Lapicque", editions Le Télégramme, Brest, 2007, "La marine nationale en manœuvre", p. 28.
