Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938)

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

Details

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

Provenance

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

Literature

P. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, p. 324, no. P301 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Maurice Utrillo V., Suzanne Valadon, June-September 1960, p. 32, no. 195 (dated 1932 and titled Der Pächter des Restaurants "Boeuf sur le toit").
Paris, Musée Galliéra, Marie-Anne Camax-Zoegger, Louise Hervieu, Suzanne Valadon, May-June 1961, no. 80 (dated 1932 and titled Le Boeuf sur le toit).

Lot Essay

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.

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