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DE BAECQUE et Associés - Lyon

125 - Bourdet (20th century)
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Estimate €400 - €600
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Description
Bourdet (20th century) ‘Bal des femmes du monde’ Gouache on a small plywood board. Depicts a lively scene from a village dance, with a gendarme shooting a bandit in the foreground. Various graffiti marks are visible here and there. Naïve style painting with a humorous treatment of the subject, featuring numerous details. Signed in the bottom right-hand corner. 13.7 x 25.8 cm Damage (including a trace of adhesive tape) and areas missing. Unframed. Further details: A folk painting depicting a lively scene, specifically a dance, taking place on Rue de la Lappe, circa 1900 (barely visible inscription beneath the painting’s title). This street, situated in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, was first inhabited by Bretons and later by people from Auvergne, who set up numerous small bars, which became haunts for thugs and crooks of all kinds. The first ‘bals musette’ emerged as early as 1880, and by the 1930s there were 17 such dance halls. Provenance: Jacques Henriet collection (auction 18 March 2009, lot 272).
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About the sale GLASSED TERRACOTTA AND FOLK ART, A PRIVATE COLLECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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Auction time 11/05/2026 at 2:30 PM
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