SUZANNE VALADON (1865-1938) Nu à la draperie
signed and dated 'Suzanne Valadon 1921' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 21 3/8 in. (73 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1921
SUZANNE VALADON (1865-1938) Nu à la draperie
signed and dated 'Suzanne Valadon 1921' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 21 3/8 in. (73 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1921
Galerie Bernier, Paris. Anon. (acquired from the above circa 1945); sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1997, lot 306. Acquired by the present owner, circa 2000.
N. Jacometti, Suzanne Valadon, Geneva, 1947 (illustrated, pl. 40). M. Mermillon, Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1950, no. 26 (illustrated). P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, p. 311, no. P214 (illustrated; titled Nu debout à la draperie).
The Comité Utrillo-Valadon has confirmed the authenticity of this work.