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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
LOUIS VALTAT (1869-1952)
Suzanne au renard
Details
LOUIS VALTAT (1869-1952)
Suzanne au renard
signed 'L. Valtat' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 1⁄8 x 31 ½ in. (99.5 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1904
Suzanne au renard
signed 'L. Valtat' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 1⁄8 x 31 ½ in. (99.5 x 80 cm.)
Painted in 1904
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Mlle Bertagnac, Paris.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1959; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 2018, lot 171.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Mlle Bertagnac, Paris.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1959; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 2018, lot 171.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Valtat, Louis Valtat, Catalogue de l'œuvre peint, vol. I, Paris, 1977, no. 465, p. 52 (illustrated; incorrectly catalogued as 'signed with initials 'L.V' (lower left)').
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée de l'Athénée, De l'impressionnisme à l'école de Paris, July - September 1960, no. 93 (catalogued as 'Portrait de Mme Valtat', dated '1898' and with inverted dimensions).
Geneva, Musée de l'Athénée, Louis Valtat, April - May 1962, no. 54 (with inverted illustration; titled 'Mme Valtat au renard et chapeau blanc' and dated '1897').
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, De Cézanne à Picasso dans les collections romandes, June - October 1985, no. 64, p. 165 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Portrait de Madame Valtat au Chapeau blanc et au Renard').
Geneva, Musée de Petit Palais, De Matisse à Kandinsky, October 1993 - January 1994.
Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Louis Valtat, exposition rétrospective, May - August 1995, no. 58, p. 96 (illustrated; titled 'Portrait de Madame Valtat' and dated 'circa 1904').
London, Tate Gallery, New Displays, 1996 (exhibited hors catalogue).
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, Signac et les Indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 525, p. 322 & 372 (illustrated p. 323; titled 'Femme au renard' and dated 'circa 1897-1898').
Geneva, Musée de l'Athénée, Louis Valtat, April - May 1962, no. 54 (with inverted illustration; titled 'Mme Valtat au renard et chapeau blanc' and dated '1897').
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, De Cézanne à Picasso dans les collections romandes, June - October 1985, no. 64, p. 165 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Portrait de Madame Valtat au Chapeau blanc et au Renard').
Geneva, Musée de Petit Palais, De Matisse à Kandinsky, October 1993 - January 1994.
Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Louis Valtat, exposition rétrospective, May - August 1995, no. 58, p. 96 (illustrated; titled 'Portrait de Madame Valtat' and dated 'circa 1904').
London, Tate Gallery, New Displays, 1996 (exhibited hors catalogue).
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, Signac et les Indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 525, p. 322 & 372 (illustrated p. 323; titled 'Femme au renard' and dated 'circa 1897-1898').
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Valtat catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Les Amis de Louis Valtat.
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