Lot 237
  • 237

Félix Vallotton

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Félix Vallotton
  • "Sainte Vierge il était temps!..."LE CANARD SAUVAGE, 2 juin 1903
  • inscrit CS tel (au dos)
  • encre sur papier
  • 40 x 26,5 cm; 15 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.

Exhibited

Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Marseille, Musée Cantini, Le très singulier Vallotton, 2001, no. 78, non illustré

Literature

Ashley St-James, Vallotton, dessinateur de presse, Paris, 1979, no. 150
Jean-Paul Morel, Vallotton, dessinateur de presse, Lausanne, 2002, illustré p. 80

Condition

Executed on off-white laid paper, not laid down. The sheet is taped to the overmount at the upper edge. There are 6 artist's pinholes. There are four minor tears in the lower edge. Apart from some handling marks possibly due to the artist himself and some light oxydation in the stain outside the composition, this work is in good condition.
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