Les Champs-Elysées (1907-08)
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André Derain (1880-1954)

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André Derain - Les Champs-Elysées





Les Champs-Elysées, 1907-08

Watercolour and crayon on paper
16 38 x 21 34 "
Signed lower right

Provenance

John Quinn Collection, New York (USA).
Lucien Goldschmidt Inc., New York (USA).
Dr. Claus Virch Collection, New York (USA).
Private collection, New York (USA).
Denis Hotz Galleries, Johannesburg (Afrique du sud).
Private collection, New York (USA).


Exhibitions

1978 - The Noble Buyer: John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington (États-Unis).


About this work

A certificate of authenticity issued by the Derain Committee accompanies this work.

Painted during the last moments of fauvism, this watercolour is characterised by the simplicity of design and clarity of composition.