Live Auction 14702Dubai: Modern and Contemporary Art
Elie Kanaan (Lebanese, 1926-2009)
Lot 2 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ERNEST GENTON, LAUSANNE

Elie Kanaan (Lebanese, 1926-2009)

Paysage No. 20

Closed18 March 2017

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USD 12,500

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Elie Kanaan (Lebanese, 1926-2009)
Paysage No. 20
signed 'E.S.Kanaan' (lower left); signed, titled and inscribed 'No.20 Paysage E.S.KANAAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 36 5/8in. (60 x 93cm.)
Painted in 1967

Mr. Ernest Genton Collection, Lausanne (acquired directly from the artist).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This work comes from the collection of Ernest Genton, founder and director of the gallery L’Entracte, one of the leading art galleries in Lausanne from 1947 to 1972. Genton held a solo show for Elie Kanaan’s paintings from December 1967 to January 1968.