Tobeen Sets Course for Saint-Jean-de-Luz with a New Painting on the Market

Published on 12 July 2024, by Sophie Reyssat

Auction on 03 August 2024 - 14:00 (CEST) - 8, rue Dominique-Larréa, Z.A. Layatz - 64500 Saint-Jean-de-Luz

This painting illustrates the artist's talent for applying Cubism to the postcard landscapes of the Basque country.

Félix Élie Bonnet, called Tobeen (1880-1938), Voilier dans le port de Saint-Jean-de-Luz... Tobeen Sets Course for Saint-Jean-de-Luz with a New Painting on the Market

Félix Élie Bonnet, called Tobeen (1880-1938), Voilier dans le port de Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Sailboat in the Port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz), oil on canvas, signed, inscription and remaining label, 55 x 38 cm/21.65 x 14.96 in.
Estimate: €20,000/30,0

Found in an attic, restored and cleaned, this painting saved from oblivion is a rediscovery, all the more interesting as it is not listed among the three hundred or so referenced works by Tobeen (né Félix Élie Bonnet). It hails from the family of poet and novelist Pierre Corrard, who have kept it until today. The two men probably met in Paris in the 1910s, as they…

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