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SUZANNE VALADON (1865-1938)

Lot 21
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Lot 21 | SUZANNE VALADON (1865-1938)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 900 000
SUZANNE VALADON (1865-1938)
Deux nus ou Le bain
signed and dated ‘Suzanne Valadon 1923’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
63 5/8 x 51 ¼ in. (161.6 x 130.2 cm.)
Painted in 1923




Provenance

Françoise Renard, Monaco, by whom acquired directly from the artist circa 1935, and thence by descent until at least 1996.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 13 November 1997, lot 287.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

A. Basler & C. Kunstler, La peinture indépendante en France, de Monet à Bonnard, Paris, 1929, no. 49 (illustrated; titled ‘Baigneuses’).
E. Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains 1910-1930, vol. III, Paris, 1934, p. 367 (illustrated; titled ‘Baigneuses’).
N. Jacometti, Suzanne Valadon, Geneva, 1947 (illustrated pl. 49; titled ‘Les Baigneuses’).
G. Besson, ‘Hommage à Suzanne Valadon’, in Lettres Françaises, Paris, 3 June 1948 (illustrated; titled ‘Les Baigneuses’).
F. Mathey, Six femmes peintres: Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzalès, Séraphine Louis, Suzanne Valadon, Maria Blanchard, Marie Laurencin, Paris, 1951, no. 56, p. 11 (illustrated; titled ‘Baigneuses’).
P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, no. P270, p. 319 (illustrated).
J. Warnod, Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1981, p. 83 (illustrated p. 82).
J. Brade, Suzanne Valadon vom Modell in Montmartre sur Malerin der Klassischen Moderne, Stuttgart & Zurich, 1994, p. 67 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Utrillo, Valadon, June 1923.
Paris, Grand Palais, Trente ans d’art indépendant rétrospective de 1884 à 1914 de la société des artistes indépendants, February - March 1926, no. 2559, p. 169 (dated ‘1922’ and titled ‘Nus (composition)’).
Limoges, Salle des Examens, Exposition Société des Amis des Arts, May 1926, no. 311, p. 23.
Paris, Galerie Berthe Weill, Suzanne Valadon, January 1927, no. 23.
Lyon, Salon du Sud-Est, 1928.
Paris, Galerie Bernier, Les dessins et gravures Suzanne Valadon et quelques peintures récentes, January - February 1929.
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Exposition Suzanne Valadon, October 1932, no. 36, p. 23.
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Hommage à Suzanne Valadon, May - July 1948, no. 58 (titled ‘Baigneuses’).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Von Bonnard bis Heute, Meisterwerke aus französischem Privatbesitz, July - September 1961, no. 107, p. 37.
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Suzanne Valadon, March - April 1967, no. 57, p. 60 (illustrated p. 61).
Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Gallery, Centenaire de Maurice Utrillo, June 1983, no. 51 (illustrated; titled ‘Les baigneuses’).
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Suzanne Valadon, January - May 1996, no. 50, pp. 126 & 232 (illustrated p. 127).



Further Details

This work will be included in the forthcoming Suzanne Valadon catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by the Comité Utrillo-Valadon.
Artist:Suzanne Valadon (1865 - 1938)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Nude art
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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