Celso Lagar (Spanish,1891-1966)Le Bassin, HonfleurSigned lower right60 x 60cm. (23 1/2 x 23 1/2in.)Painted circa 1935.Provenance:Crane Kalman Gallery, LondonAcquired from the above by the present owner in 1962Exhibited:Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Celso Lagar , 4 June - 26 July, 1997, no.12, illustratedLiterature:Narciso Alba, Celso Lagar (Salamanca: Museo Art Nouveau y Art Deco de Salamanca, 1997), pp.210-211, illustratedIn the 1930s Lagar travelled France on a painting tour visiting the ports of Honfleur, Le Havre, Dieppe and Caen. A series of works produced in Honfleur was exhibition at the Galerie Barreiro, Paris, 'Paintings of Honfleur and of the Circus' with prefaces written by Jean-Paul Dubray and André Warnod. The canvas has been lined. Some very fine scattered craquelure throughout. There are two-pin hole sized losses to the pigment at the left side, these are barely noticeable however. Inspection under UV reveals no obvious evidence of restoration or repair. IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.