Paul Sérusier, Jeune bretonne à la faucille

Property of a Private Collector
Paul Sérusier
1864 - 1927
Jeune bretonne à la faucille

Signed P Sérusier- and dated 1889 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
18 1/4 by 15 1/8 in. (46.1 by 38.4 cm)
Framed: 25 by 21 1/2 in. (63.5 by 54.6 cm)
Painted in 1889.

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined. There is some minor craquelure to the field of wheat to the right and left of the female figure. Some minor paint thinning to the lower left corner as well as to the woman's back. Under UV light, there is evidence of possible retouching to the wheat field and within the scythe. The paint surface is clean. The painting is in very good condition.

Provenance:
Peau de l’ours Collection, Paris (acquired by 1910)
Fletcher Jones, Los Angeles (and sold by the estate: Christie’s, London, December 2, 1975, lot 34)
Private Collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale and sold: Christie's, New York, November 6, 2013, lot 396)
Sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 2016, lot 130
Acquired at the above sale