Suzanne VALADON reveals the colors of her palette.

Suzanne VALADON (1865.1938)

Autograph letter signed to the art critic Adolphe Tabassant. 

One page 1/2 in-8° on bi-folio with frayed edges.

Sl, Monday February 15, 1926.

Erasures, additions and corrections. Fancy spelling. Beautiful signature.

“ Colors that Utrillo and I used (…) Blue, chrome yellow, vermilion, dark madder lacquer, zinc white”

Very beautiful letter from the painter Suzanne Valadon to a critic and friend, in which she provides details of the colors prepared and used by her and her son Maurice Utrillo, for their paintings.

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“My dear Tabarant, Not having met you as I hoped on Saturday at Berneihm [sic], I leave you the designation of the colors that Utrillo and I used at that time; colors that we made ourselves and which were blue, chrome yellow, vermillion, dark madder lacquer, zinc white (always). There you have it, my dear Tabarant; with the pleasure of having you soon to have lunch with us, receive from the three of us Utrillo, Utter, and from me, our good and old friendship. Suzanne Valadon.

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André Utter (1886-1948), French painter, was the second husband of Suzanne Valadon. First a friend of Utrillo, he meets Valadon, becomes his model and marries her despite their twenty years difference. As for the young Bernheim, he had been her gallery owner since 1924.

Tabarant (1863.1950), faithful friend of the Valadon-Utrillo family, never stopped writing and promoting their talents. In 1926, he published a voluminous monograph devoted to Utrillo.

He delivered a moving speech at the funeral of Suzanne Valadon, his “very dear friend”, in front of the Saint-Pierre church in Montmartre, in April 1938.