PHILIP ALEXIUS DE LÁSZLÓ (HUNGARIAN 1869-1937) PORTRAIT OF MADAME HENRI LETELLIER, NÉE MARTHE FOURTON Oil on canvas Signed and dated Paris May 1912 (lower left) 93 x 65.5cm (36½ x 25¾ in.)Provenance: Helen Gleason, New York Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1988, lot 216 (titled 'The White Rose') Private Collection, Staffordshire Thence by descent to the present ownerExhibited: Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, International Society of Painting and Sculpture, 1912, no. 72 London, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., Portraits by Philip A. de László, M.V.O., June-July 1913, no. 1Literature: Otto von Schleinitz, Künstler Monographien, vol. 106., ' Ph A. von László', Bielefeld & Leipzig, 1913, between pp. 36 and 37, (illustrated in colour p. 130) "Paintings and Blank Canvases of Noted Artists Aid Red Cross; Two Sisters Rank as Beauties of Italy and France," The Washington Post, Monday, 17 May 1915 Duff Hart-Davis, in collaboration with Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, De László: His Life and Art, Yale University Press, 2010, pp. 134, 180 Katherine Field (ed.), Transcribed by Susan de Laszlo, The Diaries of Lucy de László Volume I: (1890-1913), de Laszlo Archive Trust, 2019, p. 223 DLA 1913 bundle, Velhagen und Klasing Monatshefte, 1913 (illustrated)This portrait is included in the Philip de László Catalogue Raisonné [no. 110646], currently presented in progress online: www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.comMadame Letellier and her sister Comtesse di San Martino [see catalogue number 110567] were considered two of the most beautiful and fashionable women of the period before the First World War. Their clothing choices and attendance at society events were regularly reported in the European and American press. The American Register described Madame Letellier's visit to the Riviera as "much appreciated and almost necessary for a successful season." De László painted the sitter again in 1915 [6040] in aid of the British Red Cross who auctioned the portrait to raise funds for the war effort. Marthe 'Suzanne' Louise Fourton was born on 22 August 1878 in Paris, daughter of Charles Emile Fourton and his wife Mathilde Amalia In de Betou of Sweden. Her mother held musical salons and was painted by Benjamin Constant, one of de László's teachers when studying at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1892. On 14 August 1902, at St Augustin in Paris, she married Henri Letellier (1868-1960), proprietor of the leading Paris newspaper Le Journal and one of the wealthiest men in France." She was a favourite model of Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927) who made several portraits of her. She was also painted or drawn by John Singer Sargent, François Flameng Antonio de La Gandara in 1903 and Giovanni Boldini who painted her twice in 1907. The sitter and her husband separated in 1907 and divorced in 1917. Helleu's daughter, Paulette Howard-Johnston, nicknamed the sitter la cruche cassée ('the broken jug'), after Jean-Baptiste Greuze's famous painting. This was a rather cruel play on 'cruche' ('twit' in French) as she was not known for her intelligence. The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles said of her that, "Among the most popular ladies of the high society we can name Madame Henri Letellier, whose powerful beauty is enhanced by an impeccable dress sense and natural style which allows her to set new trends which will last forever." The sitter died in 1949. We are grateful to Katherine Field for her kind assistance in preparing this catalogue note.
PHILIP ALEXIUS DE LÁSZLÓ (HUNGARIAN 1869-1937) PORTRAIT OF MADAME HENRI LETELLIER, NÉE MARTHE FOURTON Oil on canvas Signed and dated Paris May 1912 (lower left) 93 x 65.5cm (36½ x 25¾ in.)Provenance: Helen Gleason, New York Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1988, lot 216 (titled 'The White Rose') Private Collection, Staffordshire Thence by descent to the present ownerExhibited: Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, International Society of Painting and Sculpture, 1912, no. 72 London, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., Portraits by Philip A. de László, M.V.O., June-July 1913, no. 1Literature: Otto von Schleinitz, Künstler Monographien, vol. 106., ' Ph A. von László', Bielefeld & Leipzig, 1913, between pp. 36 and 37, (illustrated in colour p. 130) "Paintings and Blank Canvases of Noted Artists Aid Red Cross; Two Sisters Rank as Beauties of Italy and France," The Washington Post, Monday, 17 May 1915 Duff Hart-Davis, in collaboration with Caroline Corbeau-Parsons, De László: His Life and Art, Yale University Press, 2010, pp. 134, 180 Katherine Field (ed.), Transcribed by Susan de Laszlo, The Diaries of Lucy de László Volume I: (1890-1913), de Laszlo Archive Trust, 2019, p. 223 DLA 1913 bundle, Velhagen und Klasing Monatshefte, 1913 (illustrated)This portrait is included in the Philip de László Catalogue Raisonné [no. 110646], currently presented in progress online: www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.comMadame Letellier and her sister Comtesse di San Martino [see catalogue number 110567] were considered two of the most beautiful and fashionable women of the period before the First World War. Their clothing choices and attendance at society events were regularly reported in the European and American press. The American Register described Madame Letellier's visit to the Riviera as "much appreciated and almost necessary for a successful season." De László painted the sitter again in 1915 [6040] in aid of the British Red Cross who auctioned the portrait to raise funds for the war effort. Marthe 'Suzanne' Louise Fourton was born on 22 August 1878 in Paris, daughter of Charles Emile Fourton and his wife Mathilde Amalia In de Betou of Sweden. Her mother held musical salons and was painted by Benjamin Constant, one of de László's teachers when studying at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1892. On 14 August 1902, at St Augustin in Paris, she married Henri Letellier (1868-1960), proprietor of the leading Paris newspaper Le Journal and one of the wealthiest men in France." She was a favourite model of Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927) who made several portraits of her. She was also painted or drawn by John Singer Sargent, François Flameng Antonio de La Gandara in 1903 and Giovanni Boldini who painted her twice in 1907. The sitter and her husband separated in 1907 and divorced in 1917. Helleu's daughter, Paulette Howard-Johnston, nicknamed the sitter la cruche cassée ('the broken jug'), after Jean-Baptiste Greuze's famous painting. This was a rather cruel play on 'cruche' ('twit' in French) as she was not known for her intelligence. The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles said of her that, "Among the most popular ladies of the high society we can name Madame Henri Letellier, whose powerful beauty is enhanced by an impeccable dress sense and natural style which allows her to set new trends which will last forever." The sitter died in 1949. We are grateful to Katherine Field for her kind assistance in preparing this catalogue note.
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