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FRANCOISE GILOT (b. 1921)
Lot 770 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA

FRANCOISE GILOT (b. 1921)

"Per Aspera ad Astra"

Closed13 May 2023

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FRANCOISE GILOT (b. 1921)
"Per Aspera ad Astra"
signed and dated ‘F. Gilot 1987’ (lower left); titled '"Per Aspera ad ASTRA"-' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1987

Riggs Galleries, Inc., La Jolla, California.
Anon. sale, Larsen Art Auction, Scottsdale, 21 October 2017, lot 133.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is a portrait of Gilot's childhood friend and lifelong muse, Geneviève Aliquot, whom she painted many times throughout her career.