Thérèse lisant

Oil painting on canvas
80 x 65 cm (31.5 x 25.6 in) Also listed as 81.2 x 64.7 cm (32 x 25.5 in)

Description:
The artist's wife (Thérèse Durenne) reading, facing front-right in white dress with pink pinafore and red shawl. Green upholstered chaise longue and pink wallpaper above dado rail to background. White below dado rail with green curtain to left of painting.

Signature / Inscription:
Signed ‘Durenne’ and dated (lower left)

Provenance:
Sale: December 12th 2001, titled 'La lecture' (The reading)
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Sale: December 15th 2000
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Me Cassagne, Romans-sur-Isère, November 9th 1997, titled 'Thérèse' (Thérèse)