Henri Manguin (1874-1949), Odette devant la mer... Lot 17

Henri Manguin (1874-1949), Odette devant la mer dans l'atelier de l'Oustalet , summer 1938, oil on canvas, signed, 50.5x73 cmWe thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Manguin for confirming the authenticity of this work.Bibliography: Lucille and Claude Manguin, Henri Manguin: Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, 1980, p. 343, no. 1089, ill.Provenance: Georges Couturat Collection, exchanged with Henri Manguin againstAprès le bain (catalog raisonné, no. 265), Paris, December 1941, then remained in the family to this dayExhibition: Salon d'automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 1950, no. 2092 (under the title Femme regardant la mer , dated 1933) GEORGES COUTURAT COLLECTION (1890-1948) A major dealer, patron and collector in the first part of the 20th century, Georges Couturat was a friend of painters. A great-uncle of the current Swiss owners by marriage from a patrician Vaud family, he worked to promote the work of modern artists such as Manguin, Camoin, Cross and Signac. He built up an extraordinary collection of several hundred works in his Paris apartment, including one of Caillebotte's masterpieces, "Man on the Balcony". As an aesthete, he never hesitated to offer advice to artists during their creative process. More than an advisor to some, his relationship with Manguin could be likened to that of a confidant, comforting the latter in his moments of doubt and helping him to establish his own painting. All the works from this collection marked in blue in the paper catalog (lots 17 to 35 and 2106 to 2226) have been kept in the family by descent to this day.