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Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)
Lot 363

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)

Portrait de Louis Moysés, fondateur du "boeuf sur le toit"

Fermé16 May 2018

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USD 32,500

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Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)
Portrait de Louis Moysés, fondateur du "boeuf sur le toit"
signed 'Suzanne Valadon' (upper left)
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 21 ¼ in. (65.3 x 54 cm.)
Painted circa 1924

Dr. Robert Ducroquet, Paris (by 1960).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1979.

Note du spécialiste

Hélène Bruneau and Cédric Paillier have confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Opened in 1924 by Louis Moysés, the Parisian cabaret bar, Le Boeuf sur le toit was a fixture on the nightlife scene between the World Wars as a gathering place for city's avant-garde.