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4 - Paul-Élie RANSON
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Estimate €250,000 - €350,000
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Paul-Élie RANSON Schouchana, or Suzanne, or Suzanne and the Elders – 1891 Encaustic on canvas Signed lower right ‘P.Ranson’, countersigned and dated on the reverse ‘P.Ranson/January 1891’ 65 x 53.7 cm Provenance: The artist’s studio Collection of France Ranson (1866–1952), the artist’s widow, France (by inheritance) Private collection, France (by descent) Samuel Josefowitz Collection (1921–2015), Pully (probably acquired in the 1960s) Collection of his daughter Nina Myran-Josefowitz (in 1999) Auction, Paris, Christie’s, Sam Josefowitz Collection, 20 October 2023, lot 105 Acquired at this sale by the current owner Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection Exhibitions: Paris, Pavillon de la Ville de Paris, Société des Artistes Indépendants, 8th exhibition, March–April 1892, no. 972, p. 59 Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, *The Nabis and their Circle*, November–December 1962, p. 144 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Maurice Denis ‘Le Prieuré’ Departmental Museum, Paul Élie Ranson, From Symbolism to Art Nouveau, October 1997–January 1998, no. 14, reproduced in colour on p. 63 Toronto, on loan to The Art Gallery of Ontario, September 1990–July 2003 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Maurice Denis Museum; Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven Museum, Paul Ranson, ‘Fantasmes & Sortilèges’, October 2009–January 2010, no. 54, reproduced in colour on p. 92 Barcelona, Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, *Les Nabis: from Bonnard to Vuillard*, March–June 2026, p. 237, reproduced in colour on p. 192 Warsaw, Royal Łazienki Museum, The Nabis – Prophets of a New Art, July–September 2026 Bibliography: C. Boyle-Turner, Les Nabis, Édita SA, Lausanne, 1993, p. 34, reproduced in colour on p. 35 (titled *Suzanne and the Elders*) B. Ranson Bitker, G. Genty, *Paul Ranson 1861–1909*, Catalogue raisonné, Japonism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Somogy, Éditions d’Art, Paris, 1999, no. 54, reproduced in colour on p. 104 Paul Ranson 1861–1909, exhibition catalogue, Musée de Valence, June–October 2004, Somogy Éditions d’Art, Paris, no. 35, reproduced on p. 42 Paul-Élie RANSON 65 x 53.7 cm
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About the sale The Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 4:00 PM
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