FÉLIX VALLOTTON | La Dordogne à Beynac, 1925

Sucession F. Vallotton, no. 323
Galerie Vallotton, Lausanne, no. 1001
Charles Chamay, Lausanne (1941)
Marinette Perrenoud, l'Isle-sur-Sorgues
Galerie Vallotton, no. 79280 (1993)
Private collection, Switzerland (1995)
Sotheby's Zurich, 7th December 2009, lot 89
Private collection, Switzerland (purchased at the above sale by the present owner)

Lausanne, Galerie Vallotton, Acquisitions récentes, 1994, no. 8
Zurich, Galerie Römer, Félix Vallotton, 1994-95
Berne, Kunstmuseum, Félix Vallotton, Die Sonnenuntergänge, 2004-2005, no. 90
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Félix Vallotton, Les couchers de soleil, 2005, no. 90

Livre de raison, no. 1558
Rudolf Koella, Félix Vallotton, Die Sonnenuntergänge - Les couchers de soleil, Kunstmuseum Berne, 2004-2005, exhibition catalogue, p. 248, no. 90, p. 218, ill.
Marina Ducrey in collaboration with Katia Poletti, Félix Vallotton (1865-1925), L'oeuvre peint, catalogue raisonné, Milan/Lausanne/Zurich, 2005, Vol. III, p. 861, no. 1667, ill.

One framed work inspected framed. Original canvas, not relined. A minor paint loss visible on the left side of the group of trees, in the middle of the work. Two small areas of retouching are visible under UV light in the top left corner, one of circa 4 cm along the edge, another one of circa 1 x 3 cm. Minor traces of retouching are also visible along the left and right edges, near the right side of the top edge, and in the lower left corner. In excellent condition.
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Vallotton’s landscapes from his maturity differ from those executed at the beginning of the century. Rigorous composition has replaced anecdotal or spontaneous references which characterize, for example, the Nabi period. In this wonderful depiction of the Dordogne, nature becomes a pretext for the expression of a thought or state of mind. Thus, Vallotton combines realistic and stylized elements, characteristics of his most emblematic “paysage composé”, with an original colour palette and intense play of shadows and light. “La Dordogne à Beynac” epitomizes Vallotton’s mastery in his late oeuvre.