Jean Adrien Mercier (1899-1995) La Maine - Les Ormes Morts Original Watercolour, 1986
The elongated panoramic format plays on the tension between the powerful verticality of the tormented trunks and the infinite horizontality of the Anjou plain. Signature and inscriptionsSigned lower left: Jean A. Mercier - 86 -Title inscribed lower right: La MaineOn verso, in the artist's hand: Jean A. Mercier - 1986 / 12 av. Prés.-Kennedy, 75016 Paris / La Maine - Les ormes morts. Chemin des Gilettes, Angers. (Les Chaussois.) Torn down in '90.motif locationChemin des Gilettes, Les Chaussois, Angers - in the immediate vicinity of the artist's Châteaubriant estate. The elms depicted were felled in 1990, making this 1986 watercolor a unique testimony to a vanished landscape.DimensionsWork: 44 × 24 cmFramed: 68 × 48 cmFrameOriginal gilded frame from the artist's Paris studio.
800 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Modern Art
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Water color
Length: 68
Width: 48
Reference (ID): 1769847
Availability: In stock
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