CHARLES CAMOIN (Marseille 1879–1965 Paris) Nu couché au miroir. 1904. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: Camoin. 65 × 81 cm. We would like to thank the Archives Camoin for confirming the authenticity of the work, February 2022. Provenance: - Franz Edouard Lüthy collection, Le Havre, probably acquired directly from the artist. - Swiss private collection, by descent from the above over several generations to the present owners and since its acquisition owned by the same family. Exhibited: - Le Havre 1907, Exposition Cercle de lArt Moderne, Le Havre, May-June 1907, no. 7 (titled "étude de nu"). - Paris 2012/13, Le Cercle de lArt Moderne. Collectionneurs davant-garde au Havre, Musée Luxembourg, 19.9.2012–6.1.2013, no. 70 (with ill. cat. p. 179). Literature: Danièle Giraudy: Camoin: sa vie son ?uvre, Marseille 1972, p. 179, no. 26. The female nude presented here, "Nu couché au miroir”, was created while Charles Camoin travelled with Albert Marquet on a fifteen-day trip to Saint Tropez. The artists focused on the theme of femininity in a series of erotically charged nudes, using prostitutes as models. Taking inspiration and direction from Manets scandalous “Olympia”, they attempted to similarly excite the minds of their viewers. Painted at the beginning of 1904, the work is one of Camoins very first nudes. The paradoxical combination of its soft pastel shades and gentle nuances of colour with the immediacy of the subject creates a stylistic-thematic tension. If the pose of the model and the sensuality of his composition sought proximity to Manet, the expressionist palette and the rapid, gestural brushwork were dedicated to the Fauves. (For more on the provenance of the painting, see the text for lot 3239). CHARLES CAMOIN (Marseille 1879–1965 Paris) Nu couché au miroir. 1904. ?l auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: Camoin. 65 × 81 cm. Wir danken dem Archives Camoin für**Best?tigung der Authentizit?t des Werks, Februar 2022. Provenienz: - Sammlung Franz Edouard Lüthy, Le Havre, wohl direkt beim Künstler erworben. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, durch Erbschaft von Obigem über mehrere Generationen an**heutigen Besitzer und seit Erwerb im gleichen Familienbesitz. Ausstellungen: - Le Havre 1907, Exposition Cercle de lArt Moderne, Le Havre, Mai–Juni 1907, Nr. 7 (unter dem Titel "étude de nu"). - Paris 2012/13, Le Cercle de lArt Moderne. Collectionneurs davant-garde au Havre, Musée Luxembourg, 19.9.2012–6.1.2013, Nr. 70 (mit Abb. im Ausst. Kat. S 179). Literatur: Danièle Giraudy: Camoin. Sa vie son ?uvre, Marseille 1972, S. 179, Nr. 26. Der vorliegende Frauenakt "Nu couché au miroir" entsteht anl?sslich einer 15-t?gigen Reise von Charles Camoin nach Saint Tropez mit Albert Marquet.**Künstler widmen sich in einer Serie von erotisch aufgeladenen Akten dem Thema der Weiblichkeit, wobei ihnen Prostituierte Modell stehen. Inspiriert und geleitet von Manets skandalumwobener Olympia, versuchen sie,**Gemüter ihres Publikums in ?hnlicher Weise zu erregen. Gemalt anfangs 1904, z?hlt das Werk zu Camoins ersten Akten überhaupt. "Nu couché au miroir" ?ffnet durch den paradoxen Einsatz des weichen pastellfarbenen Kolorits,**Sanftheit der Farbnuancen und der Direktheit des Sujets ein stilistisch-thematisches Spannungsfeld. Wenn**Pose des Modells und Sensualit?t seiner Komposition**N?he zu Manet sucht, widmet sich**expressionistische Farbgebung und der gestische, schnelle Pinselduktus dem Fauvismus. (weiteres zur Provenienz des Bildes im Text zu Los 3239).
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