Robert Mendoze: Boulevard de Strasbourg in Toulon, 1969 (Pen - Lot 162

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Robert Mendoze: Boulevard de Strasbourg in Toulon, 1969 (Pen - Lot 162
Robert Mendoze: Boulevard de Strasbourg in Toulon, 1969 (Pencil) Pencil (graphite) Annotated, located, and dated by hand in the lower left corner: “Bd de Strasbourg in Toulon, July 14, 69”; inscribed in the lower right corner: “For Yves Guérin, with best regards,” signed “R. Mendoze” Dimensions: Sheet: 36 × 27 cm (14.17 × 10.63 in.) — Image: nearly full sheet Condition: good condition, a tear professionally restored in the upper left corner, extending into the subject. Unframed. » Provenance: Yves Guérin’s guestbook, compiled between 1963 and 1992 (provenance from a single source). Mendoze belonged to the collector’s Mediterranean artistic circle, having won the Prix de la Jeune Peinture Méditerranéenne in Nice (1958) and the Rotary Prize in Menton (1955). Description: A lively view of Boulevard de Strasbourg in Toulon on July 14—tall buildings, plane trees, market stalls and awnings, a streetlamp, the crowd, and cars—drawn in graphite with a free, impressionistic touch. Robert Mendoze was a figurative painter born in Toulon, a student of Eugène Baboulène, co-founder of Groupe 50, and a leading figure of the Toulon School; he exhibited internationally and is particularly sought after by collectors in the United States. Hand-drawn, dated, and inscribed to the collector in his hometown.
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