FÉLIX VALLOTTON | Baigneuse croisant les bras sur la poitrine

Sale: Sotheby's, London, July 2, 1969, lot 133
Galerie Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Galerie Koller, Zurich, June 3-4, 1983, lot 5301
Sale: Sotheby's, London, February 8, 2006, lot 460
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

(Possibly) Paris, Galerie Druet, Félix Vallotton 1865-1925, 1935, no. 31
Geneva, Musée de l'Athénée, Félix Vallotton, 1991, no. 9
Zurich, Galerie Art Focus, Schweizer Kunst, 2001-02

Livre de raison (The Artist's Handlist): no. 1021, listed as Baigneuse dans l'eau jusqu'au genou, de trois quarts, les bras croisés sur la poitrine, ciel rosé vert, eau verte
Poulain, Comœdia, 14th October 1935
Marina Ducrey, Félix Vallotton, 1865-1925, L'œuvre peint, Lausanne, 2005, vol. III, no. 1086, illustrated p. 614

The canvas is not lined and is slightly undulating. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. There is a tiny dot of paint loss towards the upper left corner. There is a fly spot to the model's right-hand thigh. The are some frame rubbing along the extreme edges. This work is in overall very good condition.
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