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Lot 3029 - A207 Swiss Art - Friday, 01. December 2023, 02.00 PM

FÉLIX VALLOTTON

(Lausanne 1865–1925 Paris)
Coucher de soleil, nuages bleus. 1918.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right: F. VALLOTTON.18.
46 × 54 cm.

Provenance:
- Succession F. Vallotton, Paris.
- J. Rodrigues-Henriques, Paris.
- Collection of Antoine Simon, 1945.
- Probably with Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris.
- Private collection, Switzerland.

Exhibited:
- Probably Paris 1919, Exposition Félix Vallotton, Galerie Druet, 17.3.–28.3.1919, no. 19, "Coucher de soleil".
- Düsseldorf 1957, Félix Vaollotton, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 8.3.–3.4 1957, no. 59.
- Zurich 1965, Félix Vallotton, Kunsthaus Zürich, 10.4.–30.5.1965, no. 230 as "Coucher de soleil à Grâce".
- Bern and Martigny 2004/05, Félix Vallotton. Die Sonnenuntergänge – Les couchers de soleil, Kunstmuseum Bern, 29.10.2004–20.2.2005; Fondation Pierre Gianadda 18.3.–12.6.2005, no. 75.

Source:
Félix Vallotton: Livre de raison. Liste de mes oeuvres, peintures et gravures, faite dans l'ordre chronologique, à partir de 1885, in: Catalogue 1938, Zurich, Félix Vallotton. 1865–1925, pp. 37–99, no. 1180: Coucher de soleil, grands nuages bleus, ciel rose et jaune. 1r plan terres labourées (T10)".

Literature:
- Marina Ducrey: Félix Vallotton (1865–1925). L’œuvre peint. Catalogue raisonné, Zurich and Lausanne 2005, vol. II, p. 691, no. 1245 (with ill.).
- Exh.cat. Félix Vallotton. Die Sonnenuntergänge – Les couchers de soleil, ed. Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern and Martigny 2004, p. 208, no. 75 (with ill.).

CHF 750 000 / 1 000 000 | (€ 773 200 / 1 030 930)


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