Avant l'orage

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MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958)
Avant l'orage
signed 'Vlaminck' (lower right)
gouache, watercolor and brush and black ink on paper
11 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (29.8 x 34 cm.)
Painted in 1945-1946

Provenance

Private collection, France (acquired from the artist).
David B. Findlay Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, by 1964).
Ted and Evelyn Bates, New York.
Evelyn Turull Bates, New York (by descent from the above, 1972); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 13 May 1993, lot 231.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Literature

M. Aymé, La Table aux Crevés, Paris, 1960 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, David B. Findlay Galleries, Vlaminck: Thirty Gouaches, October 1964.

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Further Details

This work will be included in the forthcoming Maurice de Vlaminck digital database, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

This work was commissioned, among others, by éditions Flammarion in 1944 to illustrate their upcoming re-edition of Marcel Aymé's 1929 book, La Table aux Crevés. Vlaminck kept the original pieces but allowed for their reproduction in print.

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