Sale 2217
New York
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4 November 2009
Price realised
USD 50,000
Estimate
Paul Serusier (1863-1927) La fée et le chevalier oil on canvas 24 x 12 1/8 in. (61 x 30.8 cm.) Painted in 1912
Provenance
Private collection, Pont-Aven. Private collection, France. Anon. (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 February 2005, lot 437. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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Literature
M. Guicheteau, Paul Sérusier, Paris, 1989, vol. II, p. 116, no. 154 (illustrated).
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