ID 1027829
Lot 5 | FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 900 000
Paysage à Marcillac
signed and dated 'F. VALLOTTON. 25' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 28 7/8 in. (92 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1925
Provenance
Galerie Druet, Paris (no. 11224), by whom acquired from the artist in 1925.
Armand Dorville, Paris, by whom acquired from the above on 8 January 1926.
Mme Georges Cahen-Salvador, Paris, by descent from the above, circa 1941.
Gilbert Cahen-Salvador, Paris, by descent from the above, circa 1963 and until 1988.
Private collection, Paris.
Acquired from the above on 26 April 1989, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
The artist's handlist, LRZ no. 1559.
H. Hahnloser-Bühler, Félix Vallotton et ses amis, Paris, 1936, no. 1559, p. 335 (illustrated fig. 134, pl. 85).
R. Koella, Das Bild der Landschaft im Schaffen von Félix Vallotton, Wesen - Bedeutung - Entwicklung, Zurich, 1969, no. 303, p. 311.
M. Ducrey, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925: L'œuvre peint, vol. I, Le peintre, Lausanne, 2005, p. 310.
M. Ducrey, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925: L'œuvre peint, vol. III, Catalogue raisonné, Seconde partie, 1910-1925, Lausanne, 2005, no. 1660, p. 858 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, The Time of the Nabis, August - November 1998, no. 153, p. 114 (illustrated).
Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le très singulier Vallotton, February - May 2001, no. 99, p. 176 (illustrated p. 177); this exhibition later travelled to Marseille, Musée Cantini, June - September 2001.
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) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Félix Vallotton (1865 - 1925) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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