Felix VALLOTTON Blonde woman crouching from behind - 1918 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard Signed and dated on the back "F. VALLOTTON. 18 " Livre de raison: Lrz 1200: "blonde woman, crouching from behind on dark blue sky yellow sand 17 1/5 - 14" H: 17.8 cm, W: 13.9 cm Provenance: Estate of F. Vallotton, Paris Galerie Jacques Rodrigues-Henriques, Paris Collection Jean-Arthur Fontaine, Paris (1930) Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Bellier, Collection Jean-Arthur Fontaine, 2 December 1936, lot 46 (titled Nude kneeling) Paul Nivard Collection, France To the present owner by descent Exhibitions : Paris, Galerie Jacques Rodrigues-Henriques, Retrospective exhibition of unpublished works by Félix Vallotton (1865-1925), March 1928, n°41 (titled Nu de dos, accroupi) Bibliography: F. Fosca, in L'Amour de l'art, Paris, 11°année, n°4, avril 1930, La collection Jean-Arthur Fontaine (premier article), p.167 M.Ducrey, Félix Vallotton, l'œuvre peint, catalogue raisonné, tome III, Zürich, Lausanne, Milan, 2005, n°1265, reproduced in black and white p.697 h: 17.8 cm, w: 13.9 cm Felix VALLOTTON H : 17.8 cm, W : 13.9 cm h : 17.8 cm, w : 13.9 cm Oil on canvas laid down on cardboard; stamped with the signature and dated on the reverse; 7 x 5 1/2 in.