Auction: Sale #2129 - 2129Location: BostonDate / Time: March 22, 2002 4:00PM
Description:
Maxime Maufra (French, 1861-1918)
Le Matin, L'Oeud d'el Kantara
Signed and dated "Maufra 1913" l.r., titled on the artist's label on the reverse,
label from David Findlay Galleries, New York, on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (73.8 x 92.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Varnish inconsistencies.
N.B. El Kantara is an oasis just north of Biskra, Algeria, on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Maufra painted several views of this region while he was visiting there in 1913.
Estimate $25,000-35,000