Félix Vallotton (Swiss 1865-1925)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss 1865-1925)

Liseuse au collier jaune

Signed and dated F.VALLOTTON 12 (lower right)

Oil on canvas

65.4 x 81.4cm

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist by Galerie Druet, Paris, 1913 (no.7604);

Henri Blumer, Stein-am-Rhein, acquired at the 1916 exhibition;

Christie's, London, Impressionist and modern paintings and sculpture, 6 December 1983, lot 337, where purchased by the present private collector, London

Literature:

Félix Vallotton, Livre de raison, LRZ. 900, 'Jeune femme brune assise de face, en chemise, devant une table recouverte d'un tapis rouge rosé, lisant, accoudée sur la main droite. (fond gris rayé, soie) (T.25)';

Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler, Félix Vallotton et ses amis (Paris, 1936), fig.79, 'La liseuse';

Rudolf Koella, Das Gloriose Jahrzehnt. Französische Kunst 1910-1920 aus Winterthurer Besitz, exh. cat. (Winterthour, Kunstmuseum, 1991), p.47;

Marina Ducrey in collaboration with Katia Poletti, Félix Vallotton (1865-1925): L'oeuvre peint, catalogue raisonné (Milan/Lausanne/Zurich), vol. iii, no.954

Exhibited:

Winterthour, Kunstmuseum, Ausstellung französischer Malerei, 29 October - 29 November 1916, no.184 'Liseuse au collier jaune'