Lot Essay
Cécile Bréhant has confirmed the authenticity of this painting and identified the sitter as Florence Ryon, born circa 1906 in Malines (now Mechelen), Belgium.
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La malinoise
Details
Pierre Roy (1880-1950)
La malinoise
signed, dated and inscribed 'Pierre Roy La Malinoise 1928' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 36 1/4 (65.2 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1928
La malinoise
signed, dated and inscribed 'Pierre Roy La Malinoise 1928' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 36 1/4 (65.2 x 92 cm.)
Painted in 1928
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 13 December 2007, lot 96.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 2011, lot 405.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 13 December 2007, lot 96.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 2011, lot 405.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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