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Edouard Léon Cortès (French, 1882-1969) La Porte Saint Martin au Crépuscule Signed "Edouard Cortès" l.r. Oil on canvas, 24 1/16 x 19 11/16 in. (61.2 x 50.0 cm), framed. Condition: Puncture measuring 2 x 2 inches to center of canvas with resulting paint losses around the tear, pinhole to l.l. quadrant. Provenance: International Galleries, Chicago, through to the current owner by family descent. N.B. The work will be included in the forthcoming Edouard Cortès: Catalogue Raisonné de L'Oeuvre Peint Volume III by Nicole Verdier; we wish to thank Mme. Verdier for her kind assistance cataloging the lot.