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La naissance de Vénus
Details
Pierre Roy (1880-1950)
La naissance de Vénus
signed with initals 'P.R.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 7/8 x 7½ in. (25 x 19 cm.)
La naissance de Vénus
signed with initals 'P.R.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
9 7/8 x 7½ in. (25 x 19 cm.)
Provenance
Elizabeth Courtald, London.
Boris Anrep, Paris and London.
Private collection (by descent from the above).
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1994, lot 308.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Boris Anrep, Paris and London.
Private collection (by descent from the above).
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 28 June 1994, lot 308.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
L. Aragon, L'oeuvre Poétique, Paris, 1926, vol. III, p. 8 (illustrated).
G. Waldemar, "Pierre Roy et le réalisme magique," La Renaissance, 3 March 1931, no. 3 (illustrated).
G. Waldemar, "Pierre Roy et le réalisme magique," La Renaissance, 3 March 1931, no. 3 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Brummer Gallery, Pierre Roy, November-December 1930, no. 30.
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rétrospective Pierre Roy: Nantes, 1880-Milan 1950, 1953.
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rétrospective Pierre Roy: Nantes, 1880-Milan 1950, 1953.