JACQUES-ÉMILE BLANCHE (FRENCH, 1861-1942)
Jeune fille à la robe blanc
signed and dated 'J E Blanche 96' (lower right)
oil on canvas
74 x 60cm
Provenance
Private collection, Belfort, France;
Sale, Maître Patrick Gauthier, Belfort, 25 March 1990;
Richard Green, London;
Richard Nathanson, London;
Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London;
Property of a nobleman
Literature
Jane Roberts, Jacques-Émile Blanche, 2012, Montreuil, p. 70, illustrated (as Pouponne Zelinska vue de dos)
| Estimate: |
£7,000 - £10,000
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Hammer price:
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£5,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Footnote
The sitter in the present work is Wanda Zelinska, a girl from Auteuil
whose nickname was 'Pouponne', meaning baby. She sat
for Blanche on numerous occasions between 1889 and 1897 who painted her in
oil and pastel as well as frequently using her as a model for many lithographs.
