16 - Marcel Cramoysan (1915-2007) | French

Marcel Cramoysan (1915-2007) | French Le Printemps d'Amsterdam (Tulips before the Westerkerk), c. 1970's Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed ‘Cramoysan’ (lower right); titled ‘Le Printemps d’Amsterdam’ and signed again on the reverse. Dimensions: Artwork: 46 × 55 cm | 18.1 × 21.7 in Provenance: Acquired in France. Private Collection, Spain. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined, on its original stretcher (French 10F format). The paint layer is stable and clean; unframed, with the tacking margins sound. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. -- A bunch of tulips, yellow, red, white and a deep purple, stands in a tall blue vase on a window sill, and through the open window lies Amsterdam in spring: the Prinsengracht with its bridge, the gabled houses of the Jordaan and the tower of the Westerkerk with its crown rising into a soft blue sky. The artist’s own title on the reverse, ‘Le Printemps d’Amsterdam’, says it all: a still life and a cityscape in one picture, the Dutch flower against the Dutch city. Marcel Cramoysan (1915–2007), pupil of Robert Antoine Pinchon and one of the last painters of the École de Rouen, travelled widely for his subjects, and this Amsterdam view shows his warm palette and loose, confident brush at their best, the flowers worked up thickly against the thinner, airier handling of the canal and the sky.