Georges Berger (1908-1976) - Street Market in Montmartre, c. 1950's

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lot/georges berger 1908 1976 street market in montmartre c 1950 s dawDKAn 622510218

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lot/georges berger 1908 1976 street market in montmartre c 1950 s dawDKAn 622510218

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Georges Berger (1908-1976) - Street Market in Montmartre, c. 1950's

Georges Berger (1908-1976) | French Street Market in Montmartre, c. 1950's Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed ‘Berger’ (lower left). Dimensions: Framed: 69.5 × 60.5 cm | 27.4 × 23.8 in Artwork: 56 × 46 cm | 22 × 18.1 in Provenance: Private Collection, Spain. Condition: Good condition: the canvas original, unlined and untorn on its strainer; two small, stable losses of paint, each under half a centimetre, in secondary passages away from the figures (the pale wall above the stalls and the mauve passage at lower left), neither filled nor retouched; a fine network of age cracks in the impasto and a light film of surface grime; the carved frame intact. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report.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. Details on our Shipping & Export Information page (auroraathena.com/shipping/). 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 and the five-year authenticity guarantee are governed by Section 4 (Returns and Refunds) of 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 (auroraathena.com/auction-terms-and-conditions/). -- A Montmartre street market seen from above: stalls with green and orange awnings, a crowd of shoppers reduced to dashes of violet, red and black, tall grey house-fronts dissolving into a web of nervous, slashing strokes. The whole picture seems to move. Georges Berger (1908–1976), a Norman by birth, settled in Montmartre and became a close friend of Gen Paul, the great Expressionist of the Butte; the two painted the same streets, cafés and markets, and Berger’s hurried, calligraphic touch, his spare palette pierced by sudden bursts of colour, shows how much the friendship shaped him. Montmartre, Honfleur and the quays of the Seine were his lifelong themes. Signed ‘Berger’ at the lower left.

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