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Petit chien (recto); Étude de chat (verso)
Details
CHRISTIAN BÉRARD (1902-1949)
Petit chien (recto); Étude de chat (verso)
signed and inscribed 'a docteur Mery avec toute ma reconnaisance C. Bérard' (recto, lower right)
oil pastel, watercolour and brush and ink on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
11 x 8 7/8 in. (27.8 x 22.4 cm.)
Petit chien (recto); Étude de chat (verso)
signed and inscribed 'a docteur Mery avec toute ma reconnaisance C. Bérard' (recto, lower right)
oil pastel, watercolour and brush and ink on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
11 x 8 7/8 in. (27.8 x 22.4 cm.)
Provenance
Dr Fernand Méry, France, a gift from the artist.
Anonymous sale, Issaly-Pichon, Cannes, 10 March 2012, lot 192.
John Adams Fine Art, London (no. 4276), by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by Robin Hambro on 5 November 2014.
Anonymous sale, Issaly-Pichon, Cannes, 10 March 2012, lot 192.
John Adams Fine Art, London (no. 4276), by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by Robin Hambro on 5 November 2014.
Literature
F. Méry, Âmes de bêtes, Paris, 1952 (recto, final state illustrated on the cover).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections
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