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Émile Bernard
1868 - 1941
Sept baigneuses
signed Émile Bernard (lower right)
oil on canvas
61 by 63cm., 24 by 24¾in.
Painted circa 1889.
Antoine de le Rochefoucauld, Paris
Clément Altarriba, Paris (the artist's son-in-law)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired in 1993)
Sale: Artcurial, Paris, 4th June 2019, lot 60
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Jean-Jacques Luthi & Armand Israël, Émile Bernard, Instigateur de l’École de Pont-Aven, Précurseur de l’Art Moderne. Sa vie, son Œuvre, Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 2014, no. 203, illustrated in colour p. 171
Pont-Aven, Musée de l'association Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard exposition du centenaire, 1968, no. 15
Gothenburg, Göteborgs Konstmuseum; Lyngby, Sophienholm & Stockholm, Thielska Galleriet, Émile Bernard: Målningar, akvareller, teckningar, grafik, 1968-69, no. 15, illustrated in the catalogue
Romorantin-Lanthenay, France, Hôtel de Ville, 5e Salon des Arts Plastiques - Hommage à Emile Bernard, 1978, no. 26
Paris, Fondation Mona Bismarck, Émile Bernard, 1991, no. 17, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Rome, Accademia Valentino, Seduction - de Boucher à Warhol, 1992-93, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Nîmes, Musée Balore, Émile Bernard, 1993, no. 16, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Paris, Musée de Montmartre, Pont-Aven à Montmartre, 1997, illustrated in the catalogue
Budapest, Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Francia szimbolisták: Gauguin, Pont-Aven, Nabis, 1998-99, illustrated in the catalogue
Yokohama, Yokohama Museum of Art & Hokkaido, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Homage to Cézanne: his influence on the development of twentieth century painting, 2008-09, no. 50, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Charlottenlund, Denmark, Ordrupgaard, Gauguin and his Friends, 2022, no. 39, illustrated in colour in the catalogue.