Etude Académie Femmes Nues Original Drawing By Félix Vallotton

Félix VALLOTTON (1865 - 1925)
Studies of seated nude women
Black pencil on laid paper
Monogrammed (fv) lower right
18.5 x 24 cm


Provenance:
- Gabrielle Vallotton, née Bernheim, wife of Félix Vallotton.
- Madeleine Lecomte du Noüy, née Rodrigues-Henriques, daughter of Gabrielle Vallotton and daughter-in-law of Félix Vallotton. By descent.
- Isabelle Lecasble, née Lecomte du Noüy, daughter of Madeleine Lecomte du Noüy (her stamp on the back). By descent.

The drawing we are presenting comes from the collection of Isabelle Lecomte du Noüy and was inherited from her grandmother, Gabrielle Bernheim. Her grandmother, Gabrielle Bernheim, had married the painter Félix Vallotton, a major figure in the Nabis group and a close associate of Édouard Vuillard.

To confirm its provenance, a collection stamp bearing Isabelle Lecomte du Noüy's initials was affixed to the back of the drawing by the Ader auction house when the collection was dispersed.