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Property of an Important European Collector

Émile Bernard

Jeune femme lisant en kimono

Lot Closed

May 14, 02:28 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 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

15 ⅜ by 19 ⅜ in. (39.1 by 49.1 cm)

Framed: 25 by 28 ¾ in. (63.4 by 73 cm)

Painted in 1887.


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

Estate of the artist
M. Helwasser, Paris
Ronan Taburet, Brest
Sold: Thierry-Lannon et Associés, Brest, May 6, 2017, lot 173
Acquired at the above sale
Jean-Jacques Luthi, Émile Bernard, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, Paris, 1982, no. 79, illustrated p. 17 (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, illustrated in color p. 27