European and British Art, Part II
European and British Art, Part II
G Michelet
Paul Sérusier
Lot Closed
July 13, 02:43 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
G Michelet
French
19th Century
Paul Sérusier
dedicated, signed and dated A l'ami. Paul Sérusier / G. Michelet. 1887 upper right
oil on panel
Unframed: 46 by 32.2cm., 18 by 12¾in.
Framed: 56 by 42cm., 22 by 16½in.
Paul Sérusier (1864-1927)
Marguerite Sérusier (1879-1950, widow of the above)
Henriette Boutaric (a close friend of Marguerite Sérusier, she cohabited with Marguerite and her two sisters at at Châteauneuf-du Faou after Paul Sérusier's death. Marguerite appointed her her executor and bequeathed to her her and her husband's estates; her posthumous sale: Ader, Picard, Tajan, Paris, Vente de la Succession Sérusier-Boutaric, Paris, 19-20 June 1984, lot 118)
Arthur G. Altschul (acquired at the above sale; Sotheby's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 122)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Marguerite Sérusier (1879-1950, widow of the above)
Henriette Boutaric (a close friend of Marguerite Sérusier, she cohabited with Marguerite and her two sisters at at Châteauneuf-du Faou after Paul Sérusier's death. Marguerite appointed her her executor and bequeathed to her her and her husband's estates; her posthumous sale: Ader, Picard, Tajan, Paris, Vente de la Succession Sérusier-Boutaric, Paris, 19-20 June 1984, lot 118)
Arthur G. Altschul (acquired at the above sale; Sotheby's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 122)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Painter Paul Sérusier was a pioneer of Synthetism and Cloisonnism and an inspiration and founding member for the avant-garde Nabis movement in Pont-Aven. He later taught at the Académie Ranson and published his book ABC de la peinture in 1921.