Félix Vallotton (Swiss 1865-1925) Fleurs d'arbustes... Lot 51

Félix Vallotton (Swiss 1865-1925) Fleurs d'arbustes dans un pot de Quimper Signed and dated F.VALLOTTON 12 (lower right) Oil on canvas 81.2 x 65.5cm Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Galerie Druet, Paris, 1912 (no.7075); Mme. Babut, La Rochelle; Me. Grandin, Paris, Drouot Rive-Gauche, 26 March 1979; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 1 June 1979, no. 468; Antiquorum, Geneva, 5 April 1982; Private Collection, Paris; Christie's, London, Impressionist and modern paintings and sculpture, 24 June 1985, lot 7; Private Collection, London Literature: Félix Vallotton, Livre de raison, LRZ. 855, 'nature morte, fleurs d'arbustes roses et jaunes avec verdures, dans pot de Quimper blanc, posé ainsi qu'une lettre sur table recouverte d'une soie bleue, fond d'atelier vert-gris (T.25)'; Marina Ducrey in collaboration with Katia Poletti, Félix Vallotton (1865-1925). L'oeuvre peint, catalogue raisonné (Milan/Lausanne/Zurich), vol. iii, p.524, no.909 Félix Valloton took an increasing interest in still life painting throughout the 1910s. In 1919 he wrote 'More and more I take pleasure in the world of things; the perfection of an egg, the plumpness of a tomato, the intricate shapes of a hydrangea give me plenty of problems awaiting a solution. I approach them without pedantry and try hard to remain a painter'. (Félix Vallotton, Documents pour une biographie et pour l'histoire d'une oeuvre, Lausanne 1975, p. 245).