• Impressionist Modern Day Sale auction at Christies

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    4 November 2009

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    Lot 217

    Paul Serusier (1863-1927)

    La fée et le chevalier

    Price realised

    USD 50,000

    Estimate

    USD 50,000 - USD 70,000

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    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 and exhibited

    Literature

    M. Guicheteau, Paul Sérusier, Paris, 1989, vol. II, p. 116, no. 154 (illustrated).


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