Fernand Leduc (Canadian, 1916-2014) Untitled

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Fernand Leduc (Canadian, 1916-2014)

Untitled
Signed and dated "F. Leduc 63" l.r., identified on labels from Gerard Gorce Beaux-Arts, Inc., and Waddington & Gorce, Inc., both of Montreal, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, and on an unattributed handwritten label on brown paper, all on the frame backing paper.
Pastel on paper, 16 x 12 in. (31.0 x 41.7 cm),framed.
Condition: Minor rippling perhaps due to mounting, sheet with perforated edge left side, floated within the frame, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Gerard Gorce Beaux-Arts, Montreal, to the Art Sales & Rental Gallery of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, to Waddington & Gorce Inc., Montreal, to the current owner.

N.B. The labels from Gorce indicate that the work is also signed on the reverse, but the frame was not opened to confirm this.
Estimate $2,000-2,500

Framed dimensions: 22 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.

Toning to edges of sheet. No further conditions issues to report.


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