ID 1059687
Lot 800 | PAUL RANSON (1861-1909)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
Temple de vaudou ou La charmeuse de serpent
signed ‘.Ranson.’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 ¼ in. (71 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1901
Provenance
Michel Ranson, Paris (son of the artist).
Brigitte Ranson-Bitker, Paris (by descent from the above).
Galleria del Levante, Milan (acquired from the above, by 1966, until at least 1982).
Private collection, Italy (acquired from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
R. Barilli, "Il gruppo dei Nabis" in L’Arte moderna, 1967, vol. II, no. 12, p. 96 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1890).
J. Breuille, Le monde de la peinture, Autour de l'impressionnisme, de Gauguin à Bonnard, Paris, 1982, no. 2 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1890).
B. Ranson-Bitker and G. Genty, Paul Ranson: Catalogue raisonné, Japonisme, Symbolisme, Art Nouveau, Paris, 1999, p. 315, no. 534 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Paris, XVIIe Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, April-May 1901, p. 53, no. 840.
Munich, Galleria del Levante, Pont-Aven und Nabis, November 1966-January 1967, no. 32 (illustrated; dated circa 1890 and titled Bezauberer der Schlangen).
Milan, Galleria del Levante, Simbolismo & Art Nouveau, December 1969-January 1970 (illustrated; dated circa 1890).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Weltkulturen und Moderne Kunst, June-September 1972, p. 108, no. 353 (dated circa 1890 and titled Schlangenbeschwörer).
Bologna, Quartiere fieristico di Bologna, Arte fiera '76, Mostra Mercato d'Arte Contemporanea, May 1976, p. 311.
| Artist: | Paul Ranson (1861 - 1909) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Paul Ranson (1861 - 1909) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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