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FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

Lot 8
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ID 1027835
Lot 8 | FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
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FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

Cinq heures

signed and dated 'F. Vallotton 98' (lower right)

gouache on board

14 1/8 x 22 7/8 in. (36 x 58.1 cm.)

Painted in 1898



Provenance
Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, [the artist's brother] by descent from the artist in 1926.

Richard Bühler, Winterthur, by whom acquired from the above in 1926; his sale, Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 2 September 1935, lot 12.

Galerie Moos, Geneva (no. 886), by whom acquired at the above sale.

Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (no. 8503), by whom acquired from the above on 9 February 1951.

Maurice Gilbert, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above in 1952, and thence by descent.

Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (no. 10064), by whom acquired from the above in 1968.

Acquired from the above on 2 February 1970, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
G. Geffroy, 'Exposition chez Durand-Ruel' in Le Journal, Paris, 15 March 1899.

J. Leclercq, 'Petites expositions: Galeries Durand-Ruel' in La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, Paris, 18 March 1899, no. 11, p. 95.

'Le Lettres et les arts: Galeries Durand-Ruel' in Le Cri de Paris, vol. 3, Paris, 26 March 1899, no. 113, p. 6.

A.B., 'Notes d'art, Chez Durand-Ruel' in La Justice, Journal politique du matin, Paris, 27 March 1899, p. 2.

F. Thiébault-Sisson, 'Au Jour le Jour: Choses d'art, Un Salon d'avant-garde' in Le Temps, no. 13810, Paris, 29 March 1899, p. 2.

Y. Rambosson, 'La promenade de Janus, causeries d'art, VI' in La Plume littéraire, artistique et sociale, no. 243, Paris, 1 June 1899, p. 383.

A. Benois, 'La chronique des arts. Les entretiens avec l'artiste. Les expositions de Paris. L'exposition chez Durand-Ruel' in Mir Iskousstva, St. Petersburg, 1899, vol. 1, p. 112.

H. Ghéon, 'Lettre à Angèle: Chez Durand-Ruel, Le pointillisme' in L'Ermitage: Revue mensuelle de littérature', Paris, vol. 18, January - June 1899, p. 315.

G.M., 'Studio-Talk' in The Studio, London, 1899, vol. 16, p. 282.

J. Meier-Graefe, 'L'Ecole moderne chez Durand-Ruel' in L'Art décoratif, Revue internationale d'art industriel et de décoration, Paris, March 1899, p. 307.

Mir Iskousstva, St. Petersburg, 1904, nos. 8 & 9 (illustrated p. 225).

H. Trog, 'Valloton - Ausstellung im Zürcher Kunsthaus I.' in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 12 February 1928.

H. Trog, 'Valloton - Ausstellung im Zürcher Kunsthaus II.' in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 19 February 1928.

F. Jourdain, Félix Vallotton: Mit einer Studie von Edmund Jaloux, Geneva, 1953, no. 19, p. 219 (illustrated).

M. Denis, Journal, vol. I, 1884-1904, Paris, 1957, p. 150.

A. Kohler, 'Vallotton, un découvreur' in Coopération, Basel, vol. 19, 8 May 1965, p. 3.

A. Zarate, 'Au Petit-Palais. Vallotton le mal-aimé' in L'Aurore, Paris, 19 April 1979.

R. Koella, Félix Vallotton, Zurich, 1979, p. 55 (illustrated).

S. Preston, 'Old Wine into New Bottles: Reflections on Post-Impressionism' in Apollo, London, vol. CXI, no. 215, January 1980, p. 55 (illustrated pl. VI; titled 'Intimacy: Interior with Lovers and a Screen').

G. Busch, B. Dorival & D. Jakubec, Félix Vallotton, Leben und Werk, Frauenfeld, 1982, pp. 105 & 235 (illustrated p. 144; titled 'Amoureux au paravent').

G. Levin, 'The Office Image in the Visual Arts' in Arts Magazine, New York, vol. 59, no. 1, September 1984, p. 99 (illustrated fig. 6; titled 'Intimacy: Interior with Lovers and a Screen').

G. Busch, B. Dorival, P. Grainville & D. Jakubec, Vallotton, Lausanne, 1985, no. 39, pp. 8 & 232 (illustrated p. 8, fig. 39; titled 'Amoureux au paravent'; with incorrect dimensions).

D. Kelder, L'héritage de l'impressionisme, Les sources de XXe siècle, Paris, 1986 (illustrated p. 205).

C. Boyle-Turner, Les nabis, Lausanne, 1993, p. 140 (illustrated; titled 'Intimité').

A. Ellridge, Gauguin et les nabis, Paris, 1993, pp. 116 & 117 (illustrated; titled 'Intérieur'; with incorrect dimensions).

U.P., 'Grosser Ausstellungssaal und Graphisches Kabinett, Die Nabis, Propheten der Moderne, Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton und Ihre Freunde in Paris um 1900' in Mitteilungsblatt der Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, vol. 2, Zurich, 1993 (illustrated p. 9).

J.-P. Monery, Félix Vallotton, exh. cat., Saint-Tropez, 1995, p. 104 (illustrated p. 68; titled 'Intimité').

M. Jover, 'Félix Vallotton: Drames sur canapés' in Beaux Arts, Paris, no. 134, May 1995 (illustrated pp. 68 & 69).

J. Sutherland, ed., The Oxford Book of English Love Stories, Oxford, 1996 (illustrated on the front and back covers).

R. Koella, Félix Vallotton: Maler und Grafiker im Paris der Jahrhundertwende, Bietigheim-Bissingen, 2003, pp. 46 & 47 (illustrated fig. 25, p. 47; titled 'Intime Szene: Interieur mit Liebespaar und Wandschirm').

M. Ducrey, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925: L'œuvre peint, vol. II, Catalogue Raisonné, Première partie: 1878-1909, Lausanne, 2005, no. 252, pp. 150 & 151 (illustrated p. 150).

Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exposition, March 1899, nos. 65-70 (one of the six 'Intérieurs avec figures').

(Possibly) Paris, Galerie Druet, Exposition Félix Vallotton, Peintures 1886-1919, May - June 1923.

Winterthur, Kunstverein, Gedächtnis-ausstellung Félix Vallotton, May - June 1926, no. 39.

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Félix Vallotton, January - February 1928, no. 26, p. 9 (titled 'Liebespaar'; with incorrect provenance and inverted dimensions).

Bern, Kunsthalle, Die Maler der Revue blanche, Toulouse-Lautrec und die Nabis, March - April 1951, no. 153 (titled 'Intérieur'; with incorrect dimensions).

Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Peintures de Félix Vallotton 1865-1925, June - September 1953, no. 17 (titled 'Intimité').

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Félix Vallotton, April - June 1954, no. 15 (titled 'Intimité'); this exhibition later travelled to Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, June 1954.

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Bonnard, Vuillard et les nabis 1888-1903, June - October 1955, no. 166, p. 68 (titled 'Intimité'; with incorrect dimensions).

Basel, Kunsthalle, Ausstellung Félix Vallotton, January - February 1957, no. 31 (titled 'Intimité'; with incorrect dimensions).

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Félix Vallotton, April - May 1965, no. 41 (illustrated pl. XI; with incorrect dimensions).

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Vallotton, October - November 1966, no. 23, p. 38 (titled 'Intimité'); this exhibition later travelled to Charleroi, Palais de Beaux-Arts, December 1966 - January 1967.

Winterthur, Kunst Museum, Félix Vallotton, October - November 1978, no. 30, p. 38 (illustrated pl. 3; titled 'Couple dans un interieur avec paravent'); this exhibition later travelled to Bremen, Kunsthalle, December 1978 - January 1979; Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, February - March 1979; Paris, Musée de Petit Palais, April - June 1979; Geneva, Musée Rath, July - September 1979.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Post-Impressionism, Cross-Currents in European Painting, November 1979 - March 1980, no. 274, p. 177 (illustrated p. 110; titled 'Intimacy: Interior with Lovers and a Screen'); this exhibition later travelled to Washington, National Gallery of Art, May - September 1980, no. 123.

New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Félix Vallotton: A Retrospective, October 1991 - January 1992, no. 173, p. 145 (illustrated; titled 'Intimacy (Interior with couple and screen)'); this exhibition later travelled to Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, January - March 1992; Indianapolis, Museum of Art, April - June 1992; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, August - November 1992 and Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, November 1992 - January 1993.

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Nabis 1888-1900, May - August 1993, no. 128, pp. 282 & 283 (illustrated p. 283; titled 'Intimité: Couple dans un intérieur avec paravent'); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, September 1993 - January 1994.

Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Félix Vallotton, August - November 1995, no. 24 (illustrated; titled 'Intime Szene: Interieur mit Liebespaar und Wandschirm'); this exhibition later travelled to Essen, Folkwang Museum, November 1995 - February 1996.

Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Intime Welten: Das Interieur bei den Nabis: Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton, 1999, no. 25, pp. 88, 97 & 110 (illustrated p. 39) …
Artist:Félix Vallotton (1865 - 1925)
Applied technique:Painted, Tempera
Medium:Board
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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