Louis Valtat (1869-1952)
Le vase de fleurs
signed 'L. Valtat' (lower left)
oil on board
17 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (45.2 x 31.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 June 1964, lot 161. Private collection, Montreal. Alexander Kahan Fine Arts, Ltd., New York. Meserve Coale Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut. Acquired from the above by the present owner, March 2002.
Exhibited
New York, Hammer Galleries, 19th & 20th Century European Paintings: Recent Acquisitions, November 1996, p. 11 (illustrated in color; dated circa 1930 and titled Fleurs).
Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Valtat catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Les Amis de Louis Valtat.