FRANÇOIS ÉMILE BARRAUD

(La Chaux–de–Fonds 1899–1934 Geneva)
Ginette, nu au bas rose. 1932.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: F. Barraud. –1932.
Titled, dedicated, signed and dated on the reverse of the canvas: GINETTE. DÉDIÉ À MARIE. F. BARRAUD. 1932.
100.5 × 112.5 cm.

Expertise:
Dr. Corinne Charles, Geneva, 19.5.2022 (www.abecedart.ch).

Provenance:
- Galerie Moos, Geneva, no. 4441 (label on the reverse).
- Private collection, Geneva, acquired from the above gallery.
- Since then the painting remained in the family.

Exhibited:
- Geneva 1933, François Barraud, Galerie Moos, Geneva, 20.5.-20.6.1933.
- Geneva 1935, Exposition commémorative François Barraud, Geneva, April, no. 54 (at this auction "Ginette, nu au bas rose" fetched a record price of CHF 12 000 — only two of Barraud's 75 paintings were able to approach this amount).
- Geneva 1954, François Barraud. Exposition commémorative, 18.9.-21.10.1954, no. 75.

Literature:
Marguerite Genetti: François Barraud. 1899-1934, p. VI.