Sale: 548 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 08. 2023 in Munich Lot 174

 

174
Eugène Leroy
Sans titre (Peinture decorativ), 1973.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,000
Sold:
€ 45,720 / $ 50,292

(incl. surcharge)
Sans titre (Peinture decorativ). 1973.
Oil on canvas.
Titled and dated on the reverse of the stretcher. 162 x 130 cm (63.7 x 51.1 in). [EH].

• Shimmering, abstract effect of impasto paint application.
• The opulent application of paint only reveals the motif at a second glance.
• He combines the perception of reality with his vision of painting.
• Georg Baselitz was one of Eugène Leroy's discoverers as early as in the 1960s.
- Works by Eugène Leroy can be found at, among others, the collection of the Städel Museum Frankfurt
.

Accompanied by a confirmation of authenticity issued by Jean-Jacques Leroy from November 30, 2023.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Berlin (acquired in 1991).

EXHIBITION: Eugène Leroy. Peintures, 1964 - 1996, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan, 1996.
Galerie Michael Werner, Trebbin, 2017.




174
Eugène Leroy
Sans titre (Peinture decorativ), 1973.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,000
Sold:
€ 45,720 / $ 50,292

(incl. surcharge)