Lot Essay
Patrick Bongers has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
.jpg?w=1)
Phèdre et Hyppolite
Details
Jacques Villon (1875-1963)
Phèdre et Hyppolite
signed 'JACQUES VILLON' (lower left) and inscribed 'Phèdre et Hippolyte' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 25 3/8 in. (80.4 x 64.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1944
Phèdre et Hyppolite
signed 'JACQUES VILLON' (lower left) and inscribed 'Phèdre et Hippolyte' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 25 3/8 in. (80.4 x 64.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1944
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 25 October 2012, lot 12.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Cent tableaux de collections privées de Bonnard à de Staël, 1960, no. 104; this exhibition later travelled to Cologne.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Brought to you by
Michelle McMullan, Specialist, Head of Day Sale