József RIPPL-RÓNAI (Kaposvár 1861- Kaposvár 1927) - Lot 197

József RIPPL-RÓNAI (Kaposvár 1861- Kaposvár 1927) The artist's father dozing in the Kaposvár house Circa 1903. Oil on board, signed lower left "Rónai". H. 49 cm - W. 34 cm On the back of the protective cardboard: Gallery stamp "La cave, 7 rue de Miromesnil Paris". The label of the "82nd Annual Exhibition at the Grand Palais of the Société des Artistes Indépendants from April 16 to May 9, 1971, retrospective from Pont-Aven to the Nabis". On the back of the frame: The label "Indépendants n°79". Provenance: Galerie La Cave, Paris. Exhibition: Salon des Indépendants, April 16-May 9, 1971, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées "De Pont-Aven aux Nabis, rétrospective 1888-1903", no. 79, under the title "vieillard endormi". "Les Rippl-Ronaï d'une collection privée", Paris, Hungarian Institute, exhibition April 5 - May 2, 2005. We can relate this work to the famous painting "Flox and Filox", depicting the artist's mother, produced during the same period and kept at the Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), under inventory number FK3759. Here, the painter depicts his father in the same armchair he used to paint his mother, in the same room near the window. The chromatic range used hints at green tones similar to those used in the painting "Flox and Filox". The interior scenes Rippl-Rónai created after his return to Hungary in 1900 were a great success, particularly those painted in the Kaposvár house he acquired in 1902. Here, Rippl-Rónai captures an intimate scene of his father asleep in an armchair, using the commonly-used door ajar to reveal the action beyond. Bids for this lot are subject to prior registration with a deposit of 10% of the maximum bid basket desired. Deposit on : https://www.debaecque.fr/caution-en-ligne