Bernard Boutet de Monvel

Profiles, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Knoedler Galleries, New York, 10 - 29 novembre 1947, n°53;
Exposition rétrospective Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Musée Galliera, Paris, 26 janvier - 5 mars 1951, n°57;
Bernard Boutet de Monvel 1881-1949, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, juin - octobre 1975, n°13;
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Rétrospective, Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, 27 avril-30 juin 2001

Stéphane-Jacques Addade, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Paris, 2001, reproduit p. 85;
Stéphane-Jacques Addade, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Paris, 2016, reproduit pp. 108-109

The paintings appears less pink in reality compared to the visual in the catalogue. Under UV light, the Bréguet sign seems to have been repainted, and the painting has minors repaints scattered on the surface. The signature fluoresces : it may have been heightened by the artist himself, or signed later. Minor nail holes appear alongside the borders, barely visible. Very good condition overall.
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Comme le lot précédent, ce tableau peint en 1907 appartient à la série des voitures hippomobiles ayant fait la réputation d’élégance de Paris. Egalement travaillé à partir de l’article Comme attelle la Parisienne, publié dans Les modes en 1902, le tableau ici présenté nous montre un coupé Brougham, le soir, rue de la Paix.

La scène est pour lui un prétexte à associer à la perfection de l’architecture classique de l’hôtel de Noce dessiné par Jules Hardouin-Mansart, le luxe des vitrines illuminées de deux des plus fameux joailliers, les maisons Breguet et Boucheron, dont les noms sont artificiellement accolés sur le tableau.

Bernard Boutet de Monvel reprendra ce thème des illuminations nocturne de la rue de la Paix pour un dessin d’illustration publié dans le Harper's Bazaar en février 1925.

Part of the 1907 series of paintings on the subject of hippomobiles, like the previous lot, this painting represents a Parisian scenery : the Rue de la Paix, by night. The composition is a pretext to the perfect association of classical architecture and Parisian luxury. The illustration of the article Comme attelle la Parisienne, in Les modes, 1902, inspired the series to Bernard Boutet de Monvel. The signs of Breguet and Boucheron, artificially placed side by side on the picture, shine in the background.
The theme of the Rue de la Paix by night will be used once more in 1925, when Bernard Boutet de Monvel imagines an illustration for the February issue of Harper's Bazaar.