Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 07:00 pm

Félix Vallotton, Ruhendes Modell, 1910

Lot 26

Félix Vallotton, 1865-1925 (CH)

Ruhendes Modell, 1910

Oil on canvas.
H 650 mm W 810 mm.

Signed and dated.

CHF140'000 / 160'000
EUR120'000 / 140'000
USD150'000 / 170'000
Annotation:

Provenance: Galerie Druet, Paris;
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne;
Kurt Gratwohl, Erlenbach;
Swiss private property.

Exhibitions: Salon Triennal des Beaux-Arts, Liège, 1912;
Musée Jenisch, De Vallotton à Desnos, Vevey, 1965, No. 118;
The painting was exhibited at the following museums: "Felix Vallotton, Bilder, Zeichnungen, Graphik", catalogue number 89:
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, 1978;
Kunsthalle, Bremen, 1979;
Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, 1979;
Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 1979;
Musée Rath, Genève, 1979.

Literature: Hedy Hahnloser. Vallotton et ses Amis. Zurich, 1938. No. 703;
There described as follows: "Buste de jeune fille blonde, à mi-corps, profil de dos, éclairée à jour frisant, épaules nues, corset gris, le bras gauche appuyé sur un dossier de chaise, fond atelier gris, rideau velours sombre, paravent jaune."

Annotation: The painting will be included in the Catalogue raisonné of Marina Ducrey, Fondation Félix Vallotton, Lausanne.