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Property of an Important European Collector

Émile Bernard

Jeune femme lisant en kimono

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:26 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of an Important European Collector

Émile Bernard

1868 - 1941

Jeune femme lisant en kimono



oil on paper laid down on canvas

15⅜ by 19⅜ in.

39 by 49 cm.

Executed in 1887.


Béatrice Recchi Altabarra has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estate of the artist
M. Helwasser, Paris
Ronan Taburet, Brest
Thierry-Lannon et Associés Brest, 6 May 2017, lot 173
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Jean-Jacques Luthi, Émile Bernard, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, Paris, 1982, no. 79, p. 17, illustrated (titled Femme à la lecture et au bouquet de fleurs (Femme lisant auprès d’un bouquet de fleurs; Femme lisant et vase de fleurs) and illustrated with the studio stamp)
Jean-Marie Rouart, Estelle Guille des Buttes & Adrien Goetz, L'École de Pont-Aven, Berceau de la modernité, 2018, Milan, p. 27, illustrated in color
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Künstlerkolonien in Europa: im Zeichen der Ebene und des Himmels, 2001-02, n.n.
Brookhaven, Georgia, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Masterpieces from European Artist Colonies, 2005
Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven, The Pont-Aven School: Cradle of The Modern Sensibility, 2018-19, n.n., illustrated