LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board

Measurements:

12.80 in. (32.50 cm.) (height) by 17.72 in. (45.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed ' F. VALLOTTON ' (lower right)

Exhibited:

(Possibly) Paris, Hôtel Bing, Salon de L'Art nouveau, February 1896, no. 694 (titled ‘Coin de rue à Paris’). Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Le décor de la vie sous la IIIe République, de 1870 à 1900, April - July 1933, no. 330, p. 41 (dated '1896').

Literature:

T. Bernard, 'Jos Hessel’, in La Renaissance, vol. 13, no. 1, Paris, January 1930, p. 40 (illustrated). F. Vallotton, Livre de Raison, no. 258 (titled ‘Une rue. peinture’) or no. 260 (titled ‘Une rue [peinture]’); reproduced in H. Hahnloser-Bühler, Felix Vallotton et ses amis, Paris, 1936, p. 281. R. Koella, Das Bild der Landschaft im Schaffen von Félix Vallotton: Wesen, Bedeutung, Entwicklung, Zurich, 1969, p. 100. M. Ducrey & K. Poletti, Félix Vallotton, 1865-1925, L'oeuvre peint, vol. I, Le peintre, Lausanne, 2005, fig. 169, p. 168 (illustrated). M. Ducrey & K. Poletti, Félix Vallotton, 1865-1925, L'oeuvre peint, vol. II, Catalogue raisonné, Première partie: 1878-1909, Lausanne, 2005, no. 187, p. 101 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Jos Hessel, Paris, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist, by 1897, until at least 1933. Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York. Stewart Rhinelaender, New York. Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie’s, London, 6 February 2006, lot 53. Acquired at the above sale.