



Fleurs Devant La Veranda – L'Oustalet – Saint Tropez
1935
Painted in 1935 at the sun-drenched retreat Henri Manguin called home during the final decades of his life, this vibrant oil on canvas captures a bouquet of flowers set before the veranda of L'Oustalet, his beloved villa in Saint-Tropez. The composition is a luminous declaration of the Fauvist sensibility Manguin never abandoned, with color deployed not to describe but to exalt. Warm, saturated hues shimmer against the open light of the Côte d'Azur, and the loose, confident brushwork carries the assurance of a painter entirely at ease with his subject, his setting, and his craft. At 73.7 by 61 centimeters, the canvas is intimate in scale yet generous in presence, drawing the viewer into the private pleasures of a garden bathed in Mediterranean light. Manguin occupied a singular position within the Fauve circle, a close friend of Matisse and Marquet and a participant in the legendary 1905 Salon d'Automne that introduced the movement to a startled Parisian public. Unlike some of his peers who shifted course in subsequent decades, Manguin remained committed to color as feeling, to landscape and still life as vehicles for pure chromatic joy. A work from 1935 therefore represents the full maturity of that vision, distilled through decades of practice at this same location. The reverse of the canvas bears old labels and annotations, adding documentary interest for scholars and providing a provenance trail consistent with a picture that passed through serious collections. This lot is offered through Hampel Auctions and is subject to VAT at the statutory rate on the hammer price in addition to the buyer's premium.
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