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An image of Sofa and guitar by Claude Vénard

Claude Vénard

(France 21 Mar 1913–1999)

Title
Sofa and guitar
Other titles:
Sofa and violin
Year
circa 1955
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

35.5 x 70.0cm stretcher; 46.5 x 82.5 x 4.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r., scratched into black paint "C. VENARD". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1956
Accession number
9306
Location
Not on display
Provenance (2)

The Lefevre Gallery (England, estab. 1926, closed 2002), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Alex Reid & Lefevre 1956

Mayor Gallery (England), London/England

Bibliography (5)

European Masters, The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1960: Souvenir catalogue of special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia 1960, Paintings, Unknown, 1960. cat. no. 10

Musee de Reading, Venard 1969, United States of America, 1969.

National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Purchases and Acquisitions for 1957 National Art Gallery of N.S.W. 1957, Sydney, 1957.

Queensland Art Gallery, French Art from Australian collections 1959, Brisbane, 1959. cat.no. 89 as 'Sofa and Violin'

The Lefevre Gallery, Recent paintings by Claude Venard 1955, 1955.

Exhibition history (5)

Recent paintings by Claude Venard, The Lefevre Gallery, London, 28 Apr 1955–21 May 1955

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1957, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Feb 1958–16 Mar 1958

French art from Australian collections, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Jun 1959–Jul 1959

Paintings by European masters: Adelaide Festival of Arts 1960, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 12 Mar 1960–26 Mar 1960

Venard, Musee de Reading, United States, 1969–1969