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Martha Stettler (1870-1945)
Lot 339 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION 

Martha Stettler (1870-1945)

Dans le jardin du Luxembourg

Closed2 May 2012

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Martha Stettler (1870-1945)
Dans le jardin du Luxembourg
signed 'Stettler' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28¼ x 36¼ in. (71.8 x 92.1 cm.)

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 June 2001, lot 404.
Meridian Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, February 2002.

Specialist note

Born in Bern, Martha Stettler moved to Paris in 1893 and by 1902 had founded the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Not wishing to adhere to the restrictive academic rules of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Stettler provided an alternative venue where artists could express themselves freely, paving the way to l'Art Indépendant. Among her teachers was Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, who taught sculpture there from 1909-1929.