Édouard Léon Cortès

(French, 1882-1969)

Paris, Pont Alexandre III

oil on canvas

signed Edouard Cortès (lower right)

13 x 18 in. (33 x 45.7cm)

Property from a Private Collection, Louisville, Kentucky

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This lot is accompanied by a certificate issued by the Comité Édouard Cortès. It will be included in the Supplément to the Catalogue Raisonné of Édouard Cortès’s work which is currently being prepared, under N° EC-CEC-2025/37.

Framed: 22 1/2 x 26 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.

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