February 10th, 2021 - February 28th, 2021
Lovers

For the month of Love we are delighted to present « Lovers » - a specially curated selection focusing on how artists of the XIXth and XXth century approached the theme of passion, seduction and love. A selection of sensual nudes, portraits of artist?s muses depiction of intimacy between lovers, mythical and symbolic representations of love itself, are shown through works on paper, paintings on canvas as well as sculptures including one of the most beautiful, erotic and thus scandalous (at the time) works by Rodin L?Eternel Printemps.

TAMARA LEMPICKA (1898-1980), Femme à la mandoline, circa 1933
Aquatint63 x 41 cm
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002393

PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973), Nu allongé, les jambes croisées, 01.05.1971
Pencil on paper16.5 x 16.5 cm
Frame: 52 x 52 cm (with frame)
Signed, dated and dedicated to the left: Pour Madame Cramer son ami Picasso le 1.5.71
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002515

KEES VAN DONGEN (1877-1968), Femme couchée (Guus Van Dongen), circa 1904-1905
Oil on canvas27 x 35 cm
Frame: 68.5 x 77 cm (with frame)
Signed lower right: Dongen
Notice of inclusion in the forthcoming Van Dongen Digital Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by Wildenstein Plattner Institute, dated December 13th, 2019.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002382

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919), Étude de femme et de fleurs, 1915
Oil on canvas40.6 x 51.3 cm
Frame: 64.5 x 74 cm (with frame)
Signed lower left: Renoir
Notice of inclusion in the forthcoming Renoir Digital Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, dated October 30th, 2020.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002482

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917), Femme étendue s'étirant, circa 1900-1902
Graphite, stump and watercolor on watermarked wove paper25 x 32.8 cm
Frame: 54 x 61 cm (with frame)
Signed lower right: Aug. Rodin
Certificate of authenticity issued by Christina Buley-Uribe, dated February 28th, 2020.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002424

LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965), Taureau et femme enlacés, 1944
Oil on plywood24 x 33 cm / 9.4 x 12.9 in.
Frame: 42 x 50.5 cm / 16.5 x 19.9 in. (with frame)
Signed, dated lower right: LC 44. Dedicated on the back "pour Brigitte Simon, Peintre-verrier qui s'est illustrée par un panneau (sic) pour le 24 N-C (auteur infiniment louable d'Apocalypse). Avec toute mon estime. Amicalement, Le Corbusier"
Certificate of authenticity issued by Eric Mouchet, dated November 15th, 2016.

RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953), La cage, 1939
Oil on canvas54 x 43.8 cm
Signed and dated lower centre : Raoul Dufy 1939
Raoul Dufy, Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, by Maurice Laffaille, Geneva, 1977, vol.IV, illustrated under no.1602, p.164.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 2686

SUZANNE VALADON (1865-1938), La rose au miroir, 1919
Oil on canvas35.7 x 27.5 cm
Frame: 50 x 41 cm (with frame)
Signed and dated lower left : Suzanne Valadon 1919
Jean Fabris has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917), Eternel printemps, Second état, 1ère réduction dite aussi "réduction no.1", circa 1910-14
Fonte du vivantBronze with shaded dark brown patina
65.5 x 83 x 39 cm / 25.8 x 32.7 x 15.3 in.
Signed on the right side of the base : Rodin; Inscribed on the left side of the base : F. Barbedienne Fondeur ; Inscribed inside : K; Bronze plate inside the base with the inscription: La Société des verreries du Donetz/ A son directeur Mr Valentin-Haumo
Notice of inclusion in the forthcoming Catalogue Critique under the direction of Jérôme Le Blay. Archive no.2014-470B, dated July 10th, 2015.

ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940), Roses dans un vase de verre, circa 1910
Oil on cardboard26 x 34 cm
Signed lower left : E. Vuillard
Edouard Vuillard, Catalogue Critique des peintures et pastels, by Antoine Salomon and Guy Cogeval, 2003, illustrated under no.IX-137, p.1089.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 2683

ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880 - 1938), Zwei sich umarmende Frauen, circa 1911
Black pencil on paper35 x 24 cm
Frame: 51.5 x 42 cm (with frame)
Numbered and stamped on the back: B Be/BG52
Listed in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archives, Wichtrach/Bern.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002423

JEAN SOUVERBIE (1891 - 1981), Les baigneuses, circa 1942
Oil on canvas81 x 65 cm
Signed lower right : Souverbie
Certificate of authenticity issued by Frédéric Souverbie.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002507

FERNANDO BOTERO (1932-), Bouquet de fleurs, 2009
Graphite pencil and felt pen on paper29.7 x 21 cm
Frame: 48.5 x 39.5 cm (with frame)
Signed, dedicated and dated lower right : a Lucienne / Botero 09
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG201902285

JEAN FAUTRIER (1898-1964), Nu féminim, 1925
Oil on canvas41 x 33 cm
Signed and date lower right : Fautrier 25
Certificate of authencity issued by Dominique Fautrier, dated October 13th, 2020.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 2560

FRANCIS PICABIA (1879 - 1953) , Pilar, circa 1927-1928
Watercolor, gouache, pen, on paper84 x 74.7 cm / 33.1 x 29.4 in.
Frame: 130 x 115 cm (with frame)
Signed lower left : Francis Picabia; Titled and inscribed on the back : 3 Pilar
Notice of inclusion in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné, currently being prepared by the Picabia Committee.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002324

GUSTAVE MIKLOS (1888-1967), Deux rossignols
Gouache on paper40 x 34 cm
Signed and annotated lower left: G. Miklos, Gentils rossignols vous avez chanté l'amour du couple. G. Miklos je vous entends chanter toujours celui de mes
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. BG202002429

ANDRÉ LHOTE (1885 - 1962), Jugement de Pâris, 1927
Oil on canvas50.4 x 73.4 cm
Signed higher left : A.LHOTE
Certificate of authenticity issued by Dominique Bermann Martin, dated October 19th, 2020.
Enquiries about work INV Nbr. 2685

AUGUSTE HERBIN (1882 - 1960), Les roses, 1912
Oil on original canvas92.1 x 60.3 cm
Frame: 112 x 80 cm (with frame)
Signed lower right : Herbin ; Dated and titled on the stretcher : Les Roses - 1912
Included in the Catalogue raisonné, by Geneviève Claisse, under n°284, p. 329, ill. in black and white