Paul Elie Ranson

Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris
Galleria del Levante, Milan
Mme Belfer, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1970

Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Oeuvres de MM. Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Roussel, Sérusier, Vallotton, Vuillard, 1900, no. 5 (titled Nautchis au bain)
Paris, Grandes Serres de l'Exposition Universelle, XVIII Salon de la Société des Artistes indépendents, 1902, no. 1474
Milan, Galleria del Levante; Rome, Galleria del Levante, Pont-Aven e i Nabis, 1965, no. 4 (titled Deux femmes sur la terrasse), illustrated in the catalogue 

Brigitte Ranson Bitker & Gilles Genty, Paul Ranson, 1861-1909, Catalogue raisonné, Japonisme, Symbolisme, Art Nouveau, Paris, 1999, no. 490, illustrated p. 298

Very good condition with very fresh, bright color, Several small fox marks, several at upper left and center, lower right. Some gouache under the pastel layer; some black chalk outlining the figures; some thin wood strips glued around extreme edges to keep surface of the work away from the glass; otherwise fine.
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