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EMILE BERNARD (1868-1941)

Lot 57
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ID 842760
Lot 57 | EMILE BERNARD (1868-1941)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
EMILE BERNARD (1868-1941)

Bretonnerie (Bretonnes dans une prairie)

signed and dated 'Emile Bernard 1892' (lower left)

oil on card laid down on board

33 x 45 1/2 in. (84 x 115.5 cm.)

Painted in 1892





Provenance

Ambroise Vollard (probably acquired from the artist, 22 May 1901, until July 1939).

Emile Bernard, Paris (by 1941).

Clément Altarriba (Galerie Altarriba), Paris (by descent from the above, until at least 1955).

Leon and Vivian Mnuchin, New York (by 1956).

Paul and Ellen Josefowitz, London (by 1982).

Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne (probably acquired from the above, by 1994).

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 4 September 2006.



Literature

J. Rewald, Post-Impressionism: From Van Gogh to Gauguin, New York, 1956, p. 479.

J.-J. Luthi, Emile Bernard: Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris, 1982, p. 52, no. 339 (illustrated, p. 53; with incorrect support).

J.-J. Luthi and A. Israël, Emile Bernard: Sa vie, son œuvre, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2014, p. 190, no. 307 (illustrated in color).



Exhibited

(possibly) Paris, Pavillon de la Ville de Paris, Société des artistes indépendants, VIIIe exposition, March-April 1892.

(possibly) Paris, Petit Palais, Les maîtres de l'art indépendant, 1895-1937, June-October 1937, no. 1.

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Eugène Carrière et le symbolisme, December 1949-January 1950, p. 102, no. 215.

Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Bonnard, Vuillard et les Nabis, 1888-1903, June-October 1955, p. 42, no. 50 (with inverted dimensions).

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Emile Bernard at Pont-Aven, February-March 1957, no. 19 (with incorrect support).

Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Emile Bernard: Epoque de Pont-Aven, April-May 1959, no. 39 (titled Bretonnes assises dans l'herbe).

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée du Prieuré, L'éclatement de l'Impressionnisme, October 1982-March 1983, p. 95, no. 40 (titled Bretonnerie avec panier de pommes).

Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Emile Bernard: A Pioneer of Modern Art, May-November 1990, p. 156, no. 30 (illustrated in color).

Indianapolis Museum of Art; Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and San Diego Museum of Art, Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven, September 1994-September 1996, p. 76, no. 48 (illustrated in color).



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Béatrice Recchi-Altarriba has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist:Émile Bernard (1868 - 1941)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Post-Impressionism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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