LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on canvas

Measurements:

78.35 in. (199.00 cm.) (height) by 102.17 in. (259.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed and dated lower right Jean Veber 96, sans cadre

Exhibited:

Salon de la Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1896, reproduced in catalogue p. 264 ;. . Exposition décennale des Beaux-Arts, de 1889 à 1900 , Universal exhibition, Paris 1900, n° 1868, illustrated p. 98

Literature:

Thiébault-Sisson,. Le Salon de 1896 , Paris 1896, described p. 24 ;. Louis Lacroix,. Une grande figure française, Jean Véber , Toulouse 1929, listed p. 131 ;. Laurent Martin,. L'Homme aux poupées , in « Société et Représentations », 2015/1, pp. 209 à 226, for an analysis of Jean-Louis Renaud's novel

Provenance:

Mrs Chollet (in 1929) ;. Purchased by the present owners approximately 15 years ago