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ATTRIBUTED TO EDGARD MAXENCE Woman at prayer in front of a recumbent tomb Charcoal and red chalk on paper Signed lower right (Old restoration towards lower left, foxing and small perforations) Black and red chalk on paper, signed lower right 37,8 x 28 cm - 14 7/8 x 11 in. Provenance - Sale, Les Trésors d'Actéon #12, Artefact Enchères, Lille, July 2, 2022, lot 210 (as 'Attributed to Edgar Maxence' and titled 'Femme à la prière') - Sale, Classique, Drouot Estimations, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, November 25, 2022, lot 28 (as 'Edgard Maxence' and titled 'Femme en prière devant un tombeau') - Private collection, France (acquired at previous sale) Note The motif of the woman, depicted with hands clasped in prayer in a medieval context, is recurrent in the work of Edgard Maxence. See e.g. 'Sérénité', oil on wood, Salon 1912, deposited by the Musée d'Orsay with the Musée Sainte-Croix de Poitiers (LUX 959).
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ATTRIBUTED TO EDGARD MAXENCE Woman at prayer in front of a recumbent tomb Charcoal and red chalk on paper Signed lower right (Old restoration towards lower left, foxing and small perforations) Black and red chalk on paper, signed lower right 37,8 x 28 cm - 14 7/8 x 11 in. Provenance - Sale, Les Trésors d'Actéon #12, Artefact Enchères, Lille, July 2, 2022, lot 210 (as 'Attributed to Edgar Maxence' and titled 'Femme à la prière') - Sale, Classique, Drouot Estimations, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, November 25, 2022, lot 28 (as 'Edgard Maxence' and titled 'Femme en prière devant un tombeau') - Private collection, France (acquired at previous sale) Note The motif of the woman, depicted with hands clasped in prayer in a medieval context, is recurrent in the work of Edgard Maxence. See e.g. 'Sérénité', oil on wood, Salon 1912, deposited by the Musée d'Orsay with the Musée Sainte-Croix de Poitiers (LUX 959).
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