BERNARD BOUTET DE MONVEL (FRENCH 1881-1949)

BERNARD BOUTET DE MONVEL (FRENCH 1881-1949)
Trois études pour portraits de Sylvie, la fille de l'artiste
each with the artist's 2016 Estate stamp
48 x 63 cm (18 7/8 x 24 3/4); 22.4 x 18.8 cm (8 7/8 x 7 3/8 in); 19 x 26.3 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/8 in)
pencil, unframed

PROVENANCE:
Succession Boutet de Monvel
The artist's Estate sale, Collection Boutet de Monvel, Sotheby's, Paris, 5-6 April 2016, lot 223 (part lot)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

These drawings depict the artist's daughter Sylvie as a baby, whom Boutet de Monvel painted and drew throughout his lifetime. Included is a preparatory sketch for a painting of Sylvie in her crib, executed circa 1936.

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