Impressionismus & Moderne Lot 3201 – 3317 Freitag, 23. Juni 2023, 16.30 Uhr

3223* PIERRE-PAUL GIRIEUD (Paris 1876–1948 Marseille) Noli me tangere. 1914. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left: Girieud 1914. Titled, signed and inscribed on the stret- cher: Noli me tangere / Girieud / n°5. 65 × 81 cm. The work is listed in the online catalog raisonné (www. pierregirieud.fr ). Provenance: - Auction Artcurial, Paris, 21.10.2003, lot 189. - Private collection, France, acquired at the above auction. Exhibited: Paris 1914, Girieud, Galerie Rosenberg, 11.–23.5.1914. CHF 8 000 / 12 000 (€ 8 160 / 12 240) 3224* MAURICE DENIS (Granville 1870–1943 Saint-Germain-en- Laye) Recueillement maternel. 1923. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated centre left: MAURICE DENIS 1923. 101 × 81 cm. The work is registered in the archives of Claire Denis. Provenance: - Gabriel Thomas collection, acquired directly from the artist in 1923. - Auction Ader, Paris, The Gabriel Thomas collection, 13.6.1946, lot 65. - Auction Bellier, Paris, 27.2.1957, lot 65. - Paul Lombard collection, by descent to the next generation. - Auction Artcurial, Paris, 9.12.2020, lot 269. - Private collection, Netherlands, acquired at the above auction. Exhibited: - Paris 1924, Maurice Denis, Galerie Druet, 10.–21.3.1924, no. 21. - Paris, Salon des Tuileries, no. 435. - Paris 1924, Exposition rétrospective des œuvres de Maurice Denis, Pavillon de Marsan. - Paris 1938, Exposition d'Art sacré de Maurice Denis, Musée des Arts décora- tifs, November–December 1938, no. 323. - Paris 1979, Post-Impressionnisme, Ga- lerie Barbizon, 24.4.–31.5.1979, no. 5030 (label on the reverse). Literature: - Paul Jamot: L'enfant dans l'œuvre de Maurice Denis, in: L'Enfant, 32è année, no. 277, July–August 1925, p. 173. - Suzanne Barazzetti-Demoulin: Maurice Denis: 25 novembre 1970–13 novembre 1943, Paris 1945, p. 292/293. Despite the subject of mother and child, the religious theme in this "maternité" is completely absent. The scene is entirely secular and intimate. It is a portrait of the artist's second wife, Elisabeth, with their son Jean-Baptiste. A lithograph of the same motif exists from 1926. CHF 20 000 / 30 000 (€ 20 410 / 30 610) | 26 Impressionist & Modern Art