Lot 15
  • 15

Suzanne Valadon 1865-1938

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Suzanne Valadon
  • Portrait de femme
  • Signed Suzanne Valadon and dated 1920 (lower right)
  • Pastel on paper, unframed 
  • 16 1/2 by 12 1/2 in.
  • 42 by 31.8 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Galerie Methey, 1954
Madame Rolf Gérard, New York
Musées Nationaux

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1967, no. 149

Literature

Paul Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, no. D 250, illustrated p. 140

Condition

This work is in overall good condition. Sketch of femal head verso. Water stain at bottom margin, center. Tiny stain spots upper left corner. Small scattered spots of foxing faintly visible from the front, visible verso. Paper tape at edges from previous drum mounting verso. Glue residue at four corners verso. All edges in tact.
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