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La Lessive by Émile Bernard, 1889, Woodcut on thin Japan, laid down on firm, brownish paper, sold Sep 2025© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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La Lessive

Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941) · 1889

CHF 3,000 hammer

≈ $3,776≈ £2,785≈ €3,215

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Medium
Woodcut / linocut · Prints & multiples all woodcut / linocut results →
As published: “Woodcut on thin Japan, laid down on firm, brownish paper”
Support
Paper
Category
Prints (general)
Dimensions
10.9 x 39.4 cm, printing block, 16.5 x 45 cm, support sheet
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 287: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Live Auction (287)
Date
September 9, 2025
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
1051
Estimate
CHF 2,500 – — (≈ $3,147) (≈ £2,321) (≈ €2,679)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (1)
  • The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the back, Lugt 913b
Exhibitions (1)
  • Salzburg/Winterthur 1984/1985, Rupertinum/Kunstmuseum, Von Goya bis Warhol, Meisterwerke der Graphik des 19. Und 20. Jahrhunderts aus einer Privatsammlung [The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection], cat. no. 98
Literature (1)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Morane 8

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