Émile Othon Friesz (1879-1949)
Lot 362

Émile Othon Friesz (1879-1949)

Nu (allégorie)

Closed21 June 2018

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GBP 3,750

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Émile Othon Friesz (1879-1949)
Nu (allégorie)
signed 'E. Othon Friesz' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm.)
Painted circa 1932

Katia Granoff, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in December 1936; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 5 October 1992, lot 108.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 September 2006, lot 196.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale.

Specialist note

This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate from the artist.

The present work comes from a small series of studies by the artist for the tapestry, La Paix, commissioned by the French Republic in 1935 to decorate the Petit Palais des Sociétes des Nations, Geneva.