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Lot 0088: FRENCH PORTRAITS OIL PAINTING BY CHARLES LEVIER

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Charles Levier, French, American, British, 1920 to 2003 oil painting on canvas, In A Port. Circa: 1960s. Signed lower right. Framed. Additionally titled and signed on the backside. Provenance: Affinity Antique Auction, Fresh Meadows, NY, United States, September 12, 2021, lot 106. Charles Levier was born to a French father and an American mother in Corsica. From an early age, he held a fascination with color and form which led him, at age seventeen, to the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs for private studies. His first one-man show opened at the Galerie Constantine, in Lyons in 1949, followed by an American debut in Los Angeles in 1950. Levier continued with gallery shows in both France and the United States. Leviers works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Paris and the Menton Museum, Paris. In the United States, his work can be found in the permanent collection of the Atlanta Museum, the Seattle Museum, the Evansville Museum, the New Orleans Museum and the San Diego Museum. Levier is most known for his Abstracted Post Impressionistic still lifes and cityscapes of harbor towns as well as female studies. One of a kind artwork.

Overall good vintage condition. Working. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.
Size: Frame 31 x 37 in. Image 24 x 30 in. All measurements are approximate.

Auction Date

January 7th, 2023

PRICE WITH BUYER PREMIUM

$2,176.00