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SOLD PAUL SIEFFERT ( 1874 – 1957 ) Oil on canvas
A superb large signed oil on canvas by the French painter of nudes, Paul Sieffert. The work is signed lower right and unlined on its original canvas and is numbered 736 verso in the artist’s oeuvre of work. A beautiful example of the painter’s work. This particular posture, being his most valued and sought-after paintings, A recent very similar painting from the same series and posture sold in June 2024 Germany for 15,000 euros hammer + 30% BP. (last Image)
The painting is a delicate back view of a beautiful woman, lying on a light fur rug, in front of a faun wall. The woman draws her legs and back forward and rests her head on her arm. Sieffert was a figure and nude painter who learned painting in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904). His paintings are characterised by their delicate colour palette, precise depiction of anatomy, and the uniformity of his subjects. He became a prolific nude painter in his later years. Numbered his works. I believe the similar painting that sold in 2024 was pastel under glass number 180. Ours is Oil on canvas number 736.
Portrait and nude painter, student of Gérôme. He received the Rome Prize in 1902. Paintings by him are in several important collections and public museums. (14014815) (19)
Title: ‘’Nude resting on a fur rug”
Signature: Signed lower right
Medium: Oil on original canvas
Size: c. 20 x 26 inches unframed
Condition: Very good condition – ready to hang
Paul Sieffert was a pupil of Jean Léon Gérôme, Gabriel Guay and Albert Maignan. In 1902 he won the first Grand Prix de Rome. In 1931 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur and in 1937 he received the Diplôme d’honneur for the Exposition Internationale. He exhibited in Paris, mainly at the Salon des Artistes Français, of which he was a member from 1894. He was also a member of the committee and the jury. Although he created some decorative works, cartoons for stained glass, illustrations for books, and even, in his youth, several very Realist subjects ( Dockers, Drunken Slave) the latter part of his career was devoted to an inexhaustible output of nudes.
Auction Records
Paris, 11 Feb 1944: Young Woman with Low Neckline, FRF 620
Paris, 15 May 1944: Dockers (1904) FRF 1,100; Drunken Slave (1900) FRF 1,500
Paris, 23 April 1945: Reclining Nude (seen from behind) FRF 3,000
Paris, 12 Nov 1946: Nude Woman Lying on a Divan, One Leg Bent, FRF 16,500
Nice, 11-13 Oct 1954: Nude Woman in Bed, FRF 11,000
London, 6 May 1977: Nude in Bed (oil on canvas, 17 × 34 ins/43 × 86.4 cm) GBP 600
London, 16 March 1979: Moroccan Poet (oil on canvas remounted on board, 21¼ × 14½ ins/54 × 37 cm) GBP 1,900
Paris, 29 June 1981: Reclining Nude (oil on panel, 6¾ × 9 ins/17 × 23 cm) FRF 18,000
Paris, 27 April 1984: Nude on a Blue Divan (oil on canvas, 18 × 25½ ins/46 × 65 cm) FRF 13,000
London, 21 June 1985: Axilis at the Stream, Hermione and the Shepherds, Nysa Singing and others (watercolour, set of 24, 9 × 6½ ins/23.1 × 16.2 cm) GBP 4,200
London, 26 Nov 1986: Nude at her Mirror (oil on canvas, 22 × 18 ins/55 × 46 cm) GBP 4,200
Calais, 3 July 1988: Seated Nude (1927, oil on canvas, 9¾ × 7¾ ins/25 × 20 cm) FRF 11,000
Paris, 22 Nov 1988: Nude with Fur (oil on canvas, 22¾ × 39¼ ins/58 × 100 cm) FRF 40,000
Paris, 10 April 1989: Nude (oil on canvas, 24 × 18 ins/61 × 46 cm) FRF 9,000
Charleville-Mézières, 19 Nov 1989: Potato Peeler (oil on canvas, 18 × 15 ins/46 × 38 cm) FRF 13,000
London, 16 Feb 1990: Reclining Nude (oil on panel, 6¼ × 9¼ ins/15.9 × 23.8 cm) GBP 1,760
Paris, 20 Feb 1990: Model on a Blue Sofa (oil on canvas, 18 × 24½ ins/46 × 62 cm) FRF 18,000
Paris, 9 March 1990: Seated Nude (pastel, 23½ × 17¾ ins/60 × 45 cm) FRF 6,000
Versailles, 18 March 1990: Blue Dream (oil on panel, 6¼ × 10¼ ins/16 × 26 cm) FRF 6,500
Paris, 23 March 1990: Sensual Delight (oil on canvas, 38¼ × 51¼ ins/97 × 130 cm) FRF 44,000
Calais, 8 July 1990: Reclining Nude (oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 56 cm) FRF 12,000
Paris, 28 June 1991: Nude with Fur (oil on canvas, 22¾ × 39¼ ins/58 × 100 cm) FRF 30,500
Montauban, 10 Oct 1993: Nude on a Sofa (oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 55 cm) FRF 7,500
London, 17 June 1994: Seated Nude (1926, oil on panel, 11 × 8½ ins/27 × 21.6 cm) GBP 1,610
Calais, 25 June 1995: Nude Lying on a Bearskin (oil on canvas, 13 × 22 ins/33 × 55 cm) FRF 15,500
London, 12 June 1997: Nude Lying on an Animal Skin (oil on canvas, 21¾ × 31¾ ins/55.2 × 80.7 cm) GBP 5,980
Paris, 20 Oct 1997: Nude in Front of Mirror (oil on canvas, 18¼ × 15 ins/46.5 × 38 cm) FRF 9,500
Chaumont, 29 Nov 1997: Nude Seen from Behind on a Blue Veil (oil on canvas, 13 × 22 ins/33 × 55 cm) FRF 23,000
New York, 3 May 2000: Reclining Female Nude (1898, oil on canvas, 35 × 56 ins/89 × 143 cm) USD 24,000
London, 22 Sept 2000: Nude with Bearskin (oil on canvas, 26 × 37 ins/65 × 95 cm) GBP 10,000
London, 29 March 2001: Nude from behind with Fur (oil on canvas, 20 × 26 ins/51 × 65 cm) GBP 40,000.
London, 28 Nov 2001: Young Girl Doing Her Hair (oil on canvas, 31 × 23 ins/79 × 58 cm) GBP 10,500
Paris, 27 June 2002: Nude from behind with Fur (oil on panel, 6 × 9 ins/15 × 24 cm) EUR 8,000
London, 21 Nov 2002: Young Tennis Player (1924, oil on canvas, 36 × 29 ins/92 × 73 cm) GBP 5,200
Stockholm, 3 Dec 2003: Reclining Female Nude (oil on panel, 6 × 10 ins/16 × 26 cm) SEK 52,000
London, 21 Jan 2004: Reclining Nude (oil on canvas, 29 × 39 ins/74 × 100 cm) GBP 6,000
London, 14 July 2004: Reclining Nude (oil on canvas, 21 × 32 ins/54 × 81 cm) GBP 6,000
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