Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)
Nu à la draperie
signed and dated 'Suzanne Valadon 1921' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 29 ¾ in. (92 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1921
Provenance
Galerie Paul Pétridès, Paris (by 1960). Galerie Taménaga, Tokyo. Acquired from the above by the present owner, October 1990.
Literature
R. Rey, Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1922, p. 55 (illustrated; titled Nu). N. Jacometti, Suzanne Valadon, Geneva, 1947 (illustrated, pl. 50; titled Nu au peignoir and dated 1923). P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, p. 311, no. P215 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Maurice Utrillo V., Suzanne Valadon, June-September 1960, p. 26, no. 155 (illustrated in color, pl. 3). Paris, Musée Galliéra, Marie-Anne Camax-Zoegger, Louise Hervieu, Suzanne Valadon, May-June 1961, no. 62 (titled Nu assis). Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Suzanne Valadon, March-April 1967, pp. 54-55, no. 45. Paris, Galerie Paul Pétridès, 50 toiles de maîtres, May-June 1969, no. 35 (illustrated).