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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
PAUL RANSON (1861-1909)
Les princesses à la terrasse
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PAUL RANSON (1861-1909)
Les princesses à la terrasse
signed 'P. Ranson' (lower right); signed and dated 'P. Ranson Février-94.' (on the reverse)
encaustic on canvas
29 x 36 ¼ in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1894
Les princesses à la terrasse
signed 'P. Ranson' (lower right); signed and dated 'P. Ranson Février-94.' (on the reverse)
encaustic on canvas
29 x 36 ¼ in. (73.7 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1894
Provenance
The artist's estate; his Estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7 June 1909, lot 55.
Jacques Rouché, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Waring Hopkins, Paris.
Samuel Josefowitz, Pully, by 1999.
Waring Hopkins, Paris.
Jacques Grange, Paris, by whom acquired from the above; his sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 21 November 2017, lot 20.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Jacques Rouché, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Waring Hopkins, Paris.
Samuel Josefowitz, Pully, by 1999.
Waring Hopkins, Paris.
Jacques Grange, Paris, by whom acquired from the above; his sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 21 November 2017, lot 20.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Homodeï, "Nos expositions", in La Dépêche de Toulouse, 21 May 1894, p. 1.
J.-P. de Brousse, in L'Impartial, June 1894, no. 421.
P.-L. Mathieu, The Symbolist Generation, 1870-1910, Geneva, 1990, p. 98 (illustrated).
C. Boyle-Turner, Les Nabis, Lausanne, 1993, p. 34 (illustrated; titled 'Princesse sur la terrasse').
B. Ranson Bitker & G. Genty, Paul Ranson, Catalogue raisonné, japonisme, symbolisme, art nouveau, Paris, 1999, no. 145, p. 154 (illustrated p. 155).
J.-P. de Brousse, in L'Impartial, June 1894, no. 421.
P.-L. Mathieu, The Symbolist Generation, 1870-1910, Geneva, 1990, p. 98 (illustrated).
C. Boyle-Turner, Les Nabis, Lausanne, 1993, p. 34 (illustrated; titled 'Princesse sur la terrasse').
B. Ranson Bitker & G. Genty, Paul Ranson, Catalogue raisonné, japonisme, symbolisme, art nouveau, Paris, 1999, no. 145, p. 154 (illustrated p. 155).
Exhibited
Toulouse, Salons de La Dépêche, Exposition de le 'dépêche' de Toulouse, 1894, no. 60.
Brussels, Musée d'art moderne, IIème Exposition de la Libre Esthétique, February - April 1895, no. 532, p. 52 (titled 'Les Princesses').
Paris, Galerie Siegfried Bing, Salon de l'art nouveau, December 1895 - January 1896, no. 164.
Paris, Galerie Druet, Paul Ranson, 1906, no. 8.
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Eugène Carrière et le symbolisme, December 1949 - January 1950, no. 248, p. 114 (dated '1891').
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Nabis 1888-1900, May - August 1993, no. 73, p. 203 (illustrated p. 204); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Grand Palais, September 1993 - January 1994.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée départemental Maurice-Denis "Le Prieuré", Paul Elie Ranson, Du Symbolisme à l'Art Nouveau, October 1997 - January 1998, no. 57, p. 112 (illustrated p. 113).
Florence, Palazzo Corsini, Le temps des Nabis, March - June 1998, no. 100, p. 106 (illustrated p. 37 & 106); this exhibition later travelled to Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, August - November 1998.
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-arts, Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, Signac et les Indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 351, p. 369 (illustrated p. 229).
Pully, Musée d'Art, La belle époque de l'art nouveau, au temps de Bonnard et Mucha, January - June 2022, no. 5, p. 16.
Brussels, Musée d'art moderne, IIème Exposition de la Libre Esthétique, February - April 1895, no. 532, p. 52 (titled 'Les Princesses').
Paris, Galerie Siegfried Bing, Salon de l'art nouveau, December 1895 - January 1896, no. 164.
Paris, Galerie Druet, Paul Ranson, 1906, no. 8.
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Eugène Carrière et le symbolisme, December 1949 - January 1950, no. 248, p. 114 (dated '1891').
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Nabis 1888-1900, May - August 1993, no. 73, p. 203 (illustrated p. 204); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Grand Palais, September 1993 - January 1994.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée départemental Maurice-Denis "Le Prieuré", Paul Elie Ranson, Du Symbolisme à l'Art Nouveau, October 1997 - January 1998, no. 57, p. 112 (illustrated p. 113).
Florence, Palazzo Corsini, Le temps des Nabis, March - June 1998, no. 100, p. 106 (illustrated p. 37 & 106); this exhibition later travelled to Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, August - November 1998.
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-arts, Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, Signac et les Indépendants, March - September 2020, no. 351, p. 369 (illustrated p. 229).
Pully, Musée d'Art, La belle époque de l'art nouveau, au temps de Bonnard et Mucha, January - June 2022, no. 5, p. 16.
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