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Lot 41

Jacques-Emile Blanche
(French, 1861-1942)
La Pouponne - Portrait of Wanda Zielinska

30 – 31 March 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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Jacques-Emile Blanche (French, 1861-1942)

La Pouponne - Portrait of Wanda Zielinska
signed and dated 'J E Blanche 92' (lower right)
oil on canvas
130.5 x 66cm (51 3/8 x 26in).

Footnotes

Provenance
M. Perie, Bordeaux.
Raymond Belly, Bordeaux.
With Richard Green Fine Paintings, London, 1993.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 31 May 2012, lot 72.

Exhibited
Bordeaux, XLIIIe Exposition de la Société de Amis des Arts, 1895, probably no. 53.

Literature
Jane Roberts and Muriel Molines, Jacques-Émile Blanche Catalogue raisonné (online), no. RM 250 as Wanda Zielinska dite Pouponne au panier.

The present lot depicts the young Wanda Zielinska, called La Pouponne, one of the artist's favourite models of the 1890s. The artist painted Wanda on numerous occasions; a similar example was sold at Christie's, New York, 21 April 2021, lot 42 (cat no. RM125), and other examples of Wanda can be seen in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen, and the Musée Blanche at Offranville. Wanda grew up to be a talented violinist and cellist, often accompanying her sister, Hélène, renowned for her performances on the chromatic harp.

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