Emile Bernard

Lot Description Emile Bernard (1868-1941) Vincent van Gogh se rendant au motif à Asnières oil on panel 5¾ x 3½ in. (14.7 x 9 cm.) Painted in 1887 Provenance Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York (by 1957). Acquired by the family of the previous owner, circa 1957. Literature J.-J. Luthi, Emile Bernard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1982, p. 14, no. 71 (illustrated, p. 15). Exhibited Copenhagen, Winkel & Magnussen, Gauguin og hans venner, en Udstilling af Malerne som Dannede l'école de Pont-Aven, June-July 1956, p. 17, no. 21 (illustrated). New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Emile Bernard, February-March 1957, no. 15. View Lot Notes > The present panel, one of the earliest recorded works by Bernard, depicts the precocious artist's friend and colleague, Vincent van Gogh. The two became acquainted in 1887 when Bernard invited the Dutchman to his parents' new residence in Asnières, just outside Paris. As Van Gogh's biographers, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, write of this fertile stay, during which the present work was executed: "In this plank-sided clubhouse, the friendless thirty-four-year-old Vincent fell immediately under the spell of the suave nineteen-year-old Bernard. They exchanged enthusiasms and perhaps canvases" (Van Gogh, The Life, New York, 2011, p. 549). In its spare brushwork and diminutive wooden format, Vincent van Gogh se rendant au motif à Asnières shows the pronounced influence of the panel studies of another contemporary, Georges Seurat (fig. 1; De Hauke, no. 80), whose bathers at Asnières had shocked Paris three years before: "It was at Asnières, just outside Paris, that he first made a number of what he called 'croquetons,' sketches from nature brushed rapidly on the little wooden panels in his painter's box...The little panels dashed off with quick strokes provided the elements he needed for his composition; he had only to eliminate what was secondary, suppress what was superfluous, and refine his treatment of the details after profound reflection" (J. Rewald, Seurat, A Biography, New York, 1990, p. 51). (fig. 1) George Seurat, L'homme assis, Etude pour "La Baignade à Asnières," circa 1883. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

EMILE BERNARD Bretonnes Étendant le Ligne. Lithograph on smooth, cream wove paper with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache, 1889-89. 245x315 mm; 9 5/8x12 3/8 inches, small margins. Probably printed by Edouard Ancourt, Paris. From Les Bretonneries. Laid down, well-repaired edge tears. A very good impression of this extremely scarce print. According to Boyle-Turner, "The edition must have been extremely small since these prints are very rare indeed. It is not even known if an actual edition was ever printed. The words 'available upon request' in the Volpini catalogue suggest that they may have been printed only when ordered." Bernard hand colored most of the known impressions from Les Bretonneries series. Therefore, each of the colored prints are unique. Both Bernard and his friend Paul Gauguin made a series of lithographs for the seminal 1889 exhibition of paintings at Volpini's Café des Arts, under the name "Groupe Impressioniste et Synthétiste." Other well-known artists in the exhibition included Emile Schuffenecker, Paul Sérusier, Maurice Denis and Aristide Maillol. We have found only one other impression of this scarce print at auction in the past 25 years. Morane 11. Estimate $4,000-6,000

Sale 126 Lot 23 ** Emile Bernard 1868-1941 (French) Nature morte oil on panel h:33 w:46 cm. stamped with initials upper right Provenance: Sale: Christie's East, May 8, 2001, lot 8. Important collection, New York. Estimate $ 10,000-15,000 Back Inquiry Email Lot Bid Now Bid Live

Emile Bernard (French, 1868-1941) Au Château de Tanlay signed 'Emile Bernard' (lower right) oil on canvas 27¾ x 22¾ in. (70.5 x 57.8 cm.) Painted in 1907. Acquired from the family of the artist by the present owner. J.-J. Luthi, Emile Bernard, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1982, p. 108, no. 725 (illustrated, p. 109).

Lot 19 Emile Bernard French, 1868-1941 Paysage a Pont Aven , 1889 Signed Emile Bernard and dated 1889 (ll) Oil on board laid to cradled panel 29 15/16 x 37 13/15 inches (76 x 96 cm) Provenance: Sotheby & Co., London, April 13, 1972, lot 28 Alvin S. Romansky, acquired from the above sale on behalf of the current owner C Estate of a Private Collector Estimate $40,000-60,000 Frame rubbing. Old repairs: inpainting along the top, in sky; 5 inch line at lower left from edge; bottom left edge; large upside-down U-shaped line of painting, with small spots surrounding in center of painting. other old scattered spots of inpainting. Small ding at lower left center. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.