ID 842718
Lot 55 | PAUL SERUSIER (1863-1927)
Estimate value
$ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
Filles aux grands sables
oil on canvas
36 3/8 x 28 7/8 in. (92.5 x 73.4 cm.)
Painted in 1891
Provenance
Galerie Druet, Paris (probably acquired from the artist).
Charles Malpel, Paris (acquired from the above, 1907).
Maurice Malpel, Paris (by descent from the above, 1926).
Private collection, France (acquired from the above, 1960, then by descent).
Francis Lombrail, Paris (acquired from the above, 1980).
Galerie Interart, Geneva (acquired from the above, 2005).
Private collection, Paris (acquired from the above, 2005).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2 April 2007.
Literature
M. Guicheteau, Paul Sérusier, Pontoise, 1989, vol. II, p. 84, no. 12 (illustrated; titled Jeunes Bretonnes au bord de la mer).
Exhibited
Paris, Serres du Cours-la Reine, Société des artistes indépendants, 23me exposition, March-April 1907, p. 289, no. 4509 (titled Grands-Sables (Pouldu)).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., La revue blanche: Paris in the Days of Post-Impressionism and Symbolism, November-December 1983, pp. 59 and 86 (illustrated in color, p. 59; titled Les trois fillettes au Pouldu and dated circa 1890).
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée départemental du Prieuré, Le chemin de Gauguin, genèse et rayonnement, October 1985-March 1986, pp. 53 and 207, no. 75 (illustrated in color, p. 52; titled Les trois fillettes au Pouldu and dated circa 1890).
Morlaix, Musée des Jacobins, Paul Serusier, July-October 1987, no. 2 (illustrated in color; illustrated in color again on the cover; titled Trois fillettes au Pouldu and dated 1889-1890).
Yokohama Museum of Art; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art and Kyoto Museum of Art, Gauguin et ses amis peintres—La collection Marie Henry—“Buvette de la Plage,” Le Pouldu, en Bretagne, April-August 1992, pp. 145 and 203, no. 90 (illustrated in color, p. 145; titled Les trois fillettes au Pouldu ou Jeunes Bretonnes au bord de la mer and dated 1889).
Aoste, Centre de Saint-Benin, Gauguin et ses amis peintres en Bretagne, Pont-Aven et le Pouldu, July-November 1993, vol. I, p. 144 (illustrated in color, p. 145; illustrated in color again on the cover; titled Trois fillettes au Pouldu ou Jeunes Bretonnes au bord de la mer and dated 1890); and vol. II, p. 66 (illustrated).
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This work will be included in the online catalogue raisonné of Paul Sérusier being prepared by the Comité Sérusier.
Artist: | Paul Sérusier (1864 - 1927) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Post-Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Paul Sérusier (1864 - 1927) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Post-Impressionism |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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