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FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

Lot 30
13.10.2023 19:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 30 | FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
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FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

Un soir sur la Loire

signed and dated 'F. VALLOTTON. 23' (lower right)

oil on canvas

31 7/8 x 25 ¾ in. (81.2 x 65.2 cm.)

Painted in 1923





Provenance

Galerie Druet, Paris (no. 10231), by whom acquired from the artist on 11 October 1923.

Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (no. 6931), by whom acquired from the above on 7 October 1927.

Henry Vallotton, Saint-Sulpice, by whom acquired from the above in 1940 and until at least 1967.

Private collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent.

Anonymous sale, Galartis SA, Lausanne, 14 June 2014, lot 201.

Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

The artist's handlist, LRZ no. 1452.

H. Breuleux, 'Félix Vallotton', in L'illustré, Lausanne, no. 50, December 1935 (illustrated p. 1570).

A. Michot, 'Félix Vallotton à Bordeaux', in La Revue, Lausanne, 18 November 1937.

E. Jaloux, 'Félix Vallotton', in Formes et couleurs, Revue d'art, de littérature et de musique, Lausanne, vol. II, nos. 4 & 5, 1940 (illustrated).

Dr Meig, 'Félix Vallotton in der Kunsthalle Basel, III' in Basler Nachrichten, Basel, 5 March 1942 (titled 'bords de la Loire').

F. Jourdain, Félix Vallotton, Geneva, 1953 (illustrated pl. 81).

V. Gilardoni, 'Félix Vallotton', in Galleria, Supplemento della rivista tecnica della Svizzera italiana, Locarno, no. 1, January 1957 (illustrated p. 8).

R. Barilli, 'Ai margini della surrealtà: Vallotton e Maillol' in Il Simbolismo, Paris, 1967, vol. II, p. 176 (illustrated).

R. Koella, Das Bild der Landschaft im Schaffen von Félix Vallotton, Wesen - Bedeutung - Entwicklung, Zurich, 1969, no. 273, p. 308.

M. Ducrey, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925: L'œuvre peint, vol. I, Le peintre, Lausanne, 2005, no. 1527, p. 305.

M. Ducrey, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925: L'œuvre peint, vol. III, Catalogue raisonné, Seconde partie, 1910-1925, Lausanne, 2005, no. 1527, p. 803 (illustrated).

F. Künzi, La nature dans l'œuvre de Félix Vallotton, exh. cat., Lausanne, 2010, p. 50 (illustrated fig. 27, pp. 51 & 203).



Exhibited

Venice, XIV Esposizione internazionale d'arte della Città di Venezia, April - October 1924, Padiglione della Francia, no. 92, p. 181 (titled 'Sera sulla Loira').

Gand, XLIIIe Exposition triennale, June - August 1925, no. 736, p. 113.

Paris, Galerie Druet, Cinquante tableaux de Félix Vallotton, May 1926, no. 43.

Bordeaux, Terrasse du Jardin Public, Xe Salon des artistes Indépendants Bordelais, October - November 1937, no. 491.

Basel, Kunsthalle, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925, February - March 1942, no. 230, p. 26 (titled 'Bords de la Loire'; dated '1933').

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925, April - June 1954, no. 70 (titled 'Landschap'); this exhibition later travelled to Brussels, Palais des Beaux-arts, Félix Vallotton, June - July 1954 (titled 'Paysage composé').

Basel, Kunsthalle, Félix Vallotton, January - February 1957, no. 141 (illustrated).

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Félix Vallotton, April - May 1965, no. 257, p. 99 (illustrated, pl. XXI).

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Félix Vallotton, les couchers de soleil, October 2004 - February 2005, no. 84, p. 247 (illustrated p. 215); this exhibition later traveled to Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, March - June 2005.



Further Details

This work has been requested for the upcoming exhibition Félix Vallotton. A Retrospective to be held at Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne from October 2025 to February 2026, to mark the centenary of the artist's death.
Artist:Félix Vallotton (1865 - 1925)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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