Property from The Steijnmeijer Collection, The Netherlands
Albert Pénot
La Fille d'Eve
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June 10, 02:53 PM GMT
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12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description
Albert Pénot
Xermamenil 1862 - 1930 Paris
La Fille d'Eve
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left A. Penot
60,5 x 162,5 cm ; 23⅞ by 64 in.
Anonymous sale, Tajan, Paris, 25 March 2015, lot 179.
Paris, Salon, 1908, no. 1426.
A pupil of Gabriel Perrier, Albert Pénot’s success was largely based on his paintings of female nudes and fantasy themes such as La Femme chauve-souris (Sotheby's, London, 15 January 2018, lot 35, sold for 137,500 GBP).
The present work, ingeniously titled ‘The daughter of Eve’ because the nude, lying on her side, holds an apple in her right hand, was exhibited at the 1908 Paris Salon.