DESCRIPTION: A very beautiful small, signed, framed oil painting by Louis Hayet with exceptional provenance having the cachet of the artist's etstate lower left. The work depicts a plein air view of a landscape with trees and buildings on the hill in the background.
TITLE: Les arbres rouge (The red trees)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
SIZE OF IMAGE: 12 x 20.5 cm (4.73 x 8.1 in)
SIZE OF FRAME 23.6 x 31.75 cm (9.3 x 12.5 inches)
MEDIUM: Oil on paper laid on board
DATE: c. 1930s – early 1940s
PROVENANCE: Private London collection ... With Leighton Fine Art 2019 ... Auction house: Rémy Le Fur & Associés, Paris, France, June 6th 2019, Lot 20, Tableaux Modernes Tableaux Contemporains (Modern Paintings Contemporary Paintings) - Public exhibition: Drouot Richelieu, Paris, France, Sale 15 ... Former collection of Guy et Régine Dulon (experts on Louis Hayet and the neo-impressionists)
CONDITION: Excellent original condition.