SUZANNE VALADON (Besnières-sur-Gartempe, 1865... Lot n° 38

BOUQUET DE FLEURS SUR UNE PETITE TABLE 1932 oil on canvas signed and dated towards the centre left 65 x 54 cm Bibliography Paul Pétridès, L'OEuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, no. P 441, reproduced p. 343 Certificate Comité Utrillo-Valadon, dated 3 June 2021 Exhibition 2015, Maurice Utrillo, 150e anniversaire de la naissance de Suzanne Valadon, travelling exhibition in Japan, 18 April - 6 December, no. 54, reproduced in colour. This Bouquet of flowers placed on a small table is part of a series initiated in 1920. Suzanne Valadon varied the floral composition, the nature of the vase, the shape of the pedestal table. Our painting is, however, distinguished from these still lifes by its narrative character. A small chair on the right, turned towards the window, retains the memory of a presence. Has a seated woman suddenly risen to run, against all convention, to meet the beloved and patiently awaited?