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1929, a Key Year for Alfred Courmes

Result EUR56,250
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 07 November 2019 - 14:30 (CET) - Salle 15 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The unclassifiable artist explored several roads before tending towards painting bordering on hyperrealism.

Alfred Courmes (1898-1993), L’Homme blessé (The Wounded Man), 1929, oil on canvas... 1929, a Key Year for Alfred Courmes

Alfred Courmes (1898-1993), L’Homme blessé (The Wounded Man), 1929, oil on canvas marouflaged on wood, 54 x 73 cm.
Result: €56,250

The 1929 stock market crash ushered in a period addressed by several artists in paintings and photographs that still resonate powerfully today. One of them was Alfred Courmes (1898-1993),…
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